Mr. Trump finished in second in Iowa to Mr. Cruz and easily won in New Hampshire.
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The order of the candidates is Trump, Rubio and Cruz among Republicans of all ages, but Trump runs strongest among those under 40. Unfortunately for Sanders – and he admitted this challenge after Nevada – older people are more reliable voters than younger people.
Donald Trump is preparing to take the stage in Las Vegas, as he tries to solidify his front-runner status with a third win. Many analysts attribute that to hardline Republican positions on immigration. Mr Rubio, considered the preferred candidate among more moderate Republicans, told a rally on Tuesday.
Although Nevada has relatively few delegates, it is the first measure of voter sentiment in the vast western region, much as SC was the first glimpse at the South’s preferences last weekend.
Even though Trump has a commanding 45 percent lead in the latest polls, compared to 19 percent for Marco Rubio and 17 percent for Ted Cruz, the blustery billionaire shows no signs of simmering down his amped up rhetoric on the campaign trail.
Brody says that although Rubio and Cruz are “solid men who love Jesus”, Trump was the one “who has done the best job of channelling the anger of the GOP electorate” against the Obama administration and with their own party as well. A total of 1,237 are needed to win the nomination.
Cruz said Monday there were only three viable candidates left in the Republican race, and “at this point here in Nevada, it’s all about turnout”.
The five remaining Republican presidential contenders are making last-minute appeals to voters in Nevada ahead of the state’s caucus.
The Texas senator suggested that when one of his supporters at a rally in Elko, Nevada, shouted that he should “put Hillary in jail” if he is elected in November. Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler apologized on Monday for posting the story that misquoted Rubio. Cruz’s campaign has also acknowledged creating a website that used a computer program to create a fake picture of Rubio shaking hands with President Barack Obama.
The next contest for the GOP moves to the west for the Nevada caucus on Tuesday.
Contrary to primaries, caucuses allow participants openly to show support for candidates.
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