Republican voters in SC, Democrats in Nevada in spotlight

The spotlight for the presidential race turns to Republicans in South Carolina and Democrats in Nevada on Saturday.

Since starting the first-in-the-South primary in 1980, South Carolina Republicans have prided themselves in picking the eventual GOP nominee.

"Because she understands what it means to be a woman, a mother, a human being," Lopez said.

Allison Reilly, 18, drove home 150 miles from Coastal Carolina University to her parents' house in Columbia, South Carolina, to cast the first ballot of her life for Marco Rubio.

[...] almost as important was the education she received paying close attention to a political campaign

Reilly said many of her friends are more excited about Sen. Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who will be on the ballot next Saturday for the state's Democratic presidential primary.

Dale Quale has been volunteering for Bernie Sanders and estimated he'd made 800 phone calls for the Vermont senator before the Democratic caucus in Las Vegas.

"If Ronald Reagan can smash the American Dream from right field, then Bernie can build it back up from left field," said the 60-year-old unemployed former slot machine technician who has backed underdogs in the past, including Ralph Nader.