Donald Trump Wins the Nevada GOP Caucuses

Cruz attempted to appeal to the state’s fierce libertarian wing, appealing directly to those who supported Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s armed protest against the federal government in 2014 and a similar, more recent, one staged by Bundy’s sons at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon. And Michigan, the whole thing, I mean it’s going to be an fantastic two months.

The older vote has been a little less consistent. The Hill reported further on the issue on February 23, noting that volunteer ballot collectors were wearing Trump campaign gear. He predicted that he will cobble together victories on Super Tuesday by reassembling the “Reagan coalition”, including conservatives, libertarians, and “Reagan Democrats”.

When have we ever seen the two top candidates of a major political party so disliked not only by the political establishment, but by more than half of the people registered to vote in that party?

“I was a Donald Trump supporter, but I’m actually changing to Marco now”, says Brodt.

The Nevada contest is notoriously hard to predict, in part because of particularly low turnout, but Donald Trump is considered the favorite in a state where the largest city’s skyline includes a hotel and casino bearing the Trump name.

The state marks the first Republican election in the West, the fourth of the campaign.

The win keeps up Trump’s momentum heading into the slate of almost a dozen “Super Tuesday” contests on March 1, where Trump holds leads in a majority of the contests.

His rivals are running out of time to stop him. Of those voters, 70 percent preferred Trump.

Trump, in his victory speech, took on the notion advanced by both Rubio and Cruz that if more GOP candidates drop out of the race, they’ll coalesce around an alternative.

Unlike primaries, caucuses allow participants to openly engage with one another and hear arguments from candidates’ supporters or surrogates, in meetings at schools, community centers and churches.

The Republican party of Nevada released a tweet on Tuesday night, stating, “There have been no official reports of voting irregularities or violations”. It comes after Mr Cruz fired his campaign spokesman over a doctored video that discredited Senator Rubio’s views on the bible. Trump swept all of South Carolina’s 50 delegates, giving him a total of 67 compared to Cruz and Rubio who have 11 and 10, respectively.

Appearing visibly disappointed that his event Tuesday night was not a victory party, Cruz congratulated Trump for his win.

Donors shift to Rubio: Jeb Bush’s departure from the Republican presidential race appears to be benefiting Marco Rubio, USA Today writes. Orrin Hatch. South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of Congress announced their support for him in the hours before the Nevada contest.