Most GOP caucus-goers in Nevada angry with government

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are trailing Trump among GOP registered voters and independents who lean Republican. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler is in Reno covering the events. “The idea that you can just sit back or just let a couple of state senators wrangle up your vote for you just isn’t realistic”.

According to the New York Times, Trump was referring to the third protestor to interrupt Trump’s especially ramped up stump speech in Las Vegas Monday night.

Rubio and Cruz have been attacking each other viciously in recent days, an indication they know Trump can be stopped only if one of them is eliminated. “There’s something wrong with this guy”, Trump said.

“If it narrows to a two-person race between Rubio and Trump before March 15, then Rubio’s chances are very good because he is the most electable against Hillary Clinton”, said O’Connell.

Marco Rubio was supported by a majority of Nevada caucus-goers who wanted to support a candidate with political experience over a political outsider.

Nevada Republicans should plan to caucus Tuesday and pledge their support for Florida Sen.

Donald Trump is on a roll, having won big in both New Hampshire and SC, and polls in Nevada show him up by a double-digit margin.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz lost ground in the battle to become the anti-Trump candidate as his campaign showed signs of struggle. So far, Trump has captured 67 delegates, Cruz has 11, and Rubio has 10. Cruz faces a critical test on March 1, or Super Tuesday, when primaries are held in multiple states, including his home state of Texas and other southern states. Cruz also bests Rubio with 19% on average.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch backed Mr Rubio on Monday, with South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of Congress also switching their support to him after previously backing Jeb Bush, who dropped out over the weekend.

“There are not enough votes out there to be number one so GOP candidates are trying for number two”, said O’Connell.

Supporters greet Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia on February 21, 2016.

After coming second in Iowa, in America’s midwest, he went on to capture primaries in New Hampshire in the northeast and SC in the south. Nevada was the first western contest.

The results will be used to determine the number of Republican delegates who represent the state at the party’s nominating convention in July. Cruz appeals to the party’s most conservative wing, but many party leaders fear his uncompromising positions would make him unelectable in the general election.

“This guy is sick”, Trump told his supporters in Las Vegas.