On the Republican side, United States senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz battled to emerge as the true anti-Donald Trump candidate after the billionaire businessman’s resounding victory in the SC primary established him as the clear front-runner in the race for that party’s presidential nomination. The California congressman predicted voters in Florida, Rubio’s home state, would determine in mid-March whether Rubio continues or Trump easily rolls on to the nomination. Nevada’s GOP caucuses are Tuesday, and then a dozen states vote in the March 1 Super Tuesday bonanza.
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Mr Rubio claimed 70 per cent of Republicans would never vote for Mr Trump and, as others dropped out, it would become a two-person race that he would win by “uniting the party”.
Trump’s rally Thursday came on the eve of the Nevada caucuses and Trump spent much of his speech urging his supporters to head to the caucuses to give him what would be his third consecutive victory in the GOP primary.
In a very crowded Republican field, Trump’s tough talk on illegal immigration created a hardened silo of support to help rocket him into the lead.
A large majority of black voters supported Mrs Clinton in Nevada, according to polls, an outcome that bodes well for her in next Saturday’s Democratic primary in SC. Charlie Dent and Ryan Costello, both of whom represent parts of Berks County, and other leader at the DoubleTree Hotel in Reading.
He said, “I think you can be against something and still say, ‘but I don’t want the federal government involved in federalizing something'”. The presidential candidate also suggested the protester should have been roughed up.
A CNN/ORC poll had Trump at 45 percent, with Rubio in second place at 19 percent, Cruz with 17 percent and Carson with 7 percent. “You can just stay you’re going to make America great again…You have to explain how you’re going to do it”. Cruz told reporters Monday that he had asked his campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler, to resign for tweeting a story that falsely alleged Rubio had insulted the Bible.
And bringing up the rear, Marco Rubio at 14 percent and OH governor John Kasich with 14 percent.
Trump also pointed out Monday that he beat Cruz out for the most support among evangelical voters in the SC primary and said evangelicals voted against Trump because “they don’t like liars”.
“We are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate for president”, Cruz said.
Among the Democrats, Ms. Clinton won a substantial victory on Saturday in the Nevada caucuses over Vermont Sen.
“By winning Nevada, Hillary proved to her supporters and undecided voters alike that she is capable of winning the Democratic primary”, Saber said. “I think I can work with anyone who comes out to be the nominee”.
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Another key group for the Republican candidates looking toward Nevada is those who identify as “very conservative” – this group made up almost half of the caucus electorate in 2012.
