Trump Is Starting to Look Unstoppable

“Caucuses are notoriously hard to poll and predict, especially in states like Nevada without a long history, but Trump has led public surveys handily”.

The business mogul won about 46 percent of the vote – 22 points ahead of his closest competitor, Marco Rubio, who drew 24 percent. Only about 4 in 10 of those participating in Iowa’s caucuses or New Hampshire and SC primaries said they were angry.

It appears turnout was high on Tuesday, and organizers were reportedly overwhelmed at some locations. There were 30 delegates at stake in Nevada, and a whopping 595 available one week later on Super Tuesday. Rubio told supporters Tuesday before heading out to campaign in Minnesota and MI that he was the candidate who could best grow the Republican Party here.

Trump, in his victory speech, dismissed the notion that if more GOP candidates drop out of the race, they’ll coalesce around an alternative.

But things didn’t turn out as planned for the Florida senator, who continued his losing streak by finishing fifth and second, respectively, to billionaire reality TV star Donald Trump.

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In order to win the Republican nomination, a candidate must gain at least 1,237 delegates. Overall, Trump has 79 delegates, Cruz has 16 and Rubio has 15. Entrance polls also showed that only about 1 percent of Nevada GOP caucus-goers said they were black – with 86 percent identifying as white, and 8 percent as Hispanic, NBC News reported. Trump picked up his third straight victory last night in the Nevada caucuses.

After touting his numbers in some of the upcoming primary states, Trump stated, “It’s going to be an unbelievable two months”.

Rubio invested heavily in the state, running far more ads than any other Republican, seeing it as a real opportunity for a key victory.

Later on Wednesday, Mr Trump won his first endorsements from sitting members of Congress, with Duncan Hunter of California and Chris Collins of NY announcing they are backing him for the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump captured evangelical voters over Cruz in sc this past Saturday.

Nevada’s caucusing played out in schools, community centres and places of worship across the state – a process that’s been chaotic in the past.

When asked about his loss to Donald Trump in the Nevada caucus on Tuesday on “Fox and Friends”, Rubio noted that “this is an unusual election”.

Unlike the Democrats, the Republican caucuses are organized around a secret-ballot presidential preference vote.