Looking Ahead to Nevada - NYTimes.com With Mitt Romney commanding a decisive win in Florida, the campaigns have no time to rest, but will be on their way to Nevada for Saturday's caucus. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul basically skipped over Florida's primary and have already hit the ground and the airwaves in Nevada. And to note, Mr. Romney won the Nevada caucus in 2008, with 51 percent of the vote, with Mr. Paul following in second with 14 percent of the vote. Nevada, in many ways, has a similar complexity and diversity to Florida, with a struggling economy, large urban areas of older retired Republican voters and a sizable Hispanic contingent. These characteristics may provide a clue as to how the Nevada caucus could play out. And Nevada is the first state among these early nominating contests to include a substantial bloc of Mormons, who amounted to 26 percent of the state's Republican caucus-goers in 2008 and not surprisingly went solidly for Mr. Romney, who shares their religion. In December, Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in the country, at 12.6 percent, well above Florida's 9.9 percent, and the national unemployment level of 8.5 percent. Nevada also has the highest foreclosure rate in the country, with 1 in 177 housing units receiving a foreclosure notice in December, according to Realty Trac, a foreclosure listing company. Florida's exit polls showed that voters who are falling behind financially were divided in their vote today, with about 4 in 10 supporting Mitt Romney, and the same number supporting Newt Gingrich. Among those who said foreclosures were a major problem in their community, about 4 in 10 supported Mr. Romney, and about 3 in 10 supported Mr. Gingrich. Entrance polls from 2008 showed that 8 percent of Nevada Republican caucusgoers were Hispanic, and 45 percent were over the age of 60. In Florida today, over half of Hispanic voters went for Mr. Romney, while about 3 in 10 Hispanic voters supported Mr. Gingrich. Mr. Romney had the support of nearly half of voters over the age of 60, and about a third supported Mr. Gingrich. Over half of Nevada's caucus goers in 2008 came from urban areas. In Florida, about a third of primary voters came from urban centers, and nearly half of city dwellers voters for Mr. Romney. (Maine also holds their caucuses on Saturday. More on that state's contest later this week.)