NY businessman Donald Trump is the victor of the Republican Nevada caucuses. Marco Rubio was leading Sen.
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In his speech, Cruz congratulated Trump on his “strong evening” and then cast himself as the only candidate who could beat him.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Gov. John Kasich shared 8.4 percent of the vote.
Trump, the front-runner in the Republican race, captured the Nevada caucuses Tuesday by winning almost everywhere.
“Donald Trump swept to a convincing victory in the Nevada presidential caucuses here Tuesday evening, building a broad coalition that left his top two rivals trailing far behind and accelerating his march to the Republican nomination”, wrote the Washington Post on Wednesday.
“As long as this remains jumbled, Trump is the big-time victor”, said Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist who worked on the McCain-Palin presidential campaign in 2008. “We might not even need the two months, to be honest”.
“The undeniable reality that the first four states have shown is that the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump and the only campaign that can beat Donald Trump is this campaign”, he said. After several hours of outrage about partisan poll workers, the Nevada Republican Party tweeted a clarification that that wasn’t against the rules. Several people tweeted photos of the individuals throughout the night.
He said that for Trump to start losing, Sen.
Trump’s resounding victory was made possible by majority of the caucusgoers who said they wanted a president from outside the political establishment. Ted Cruz with an estimated 23.6 percent. That is higher than the percentages of angry voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and SC.
There have been 133 delegates contested so far-Donald Trump has about 79 of them.
A poll of voters by CNN showed Trump had supporters across most demographic groups.
Trump held a huge lead over his rivals, albeit with just 5% of the precincts counted on Tuesday evening.
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In addition to winning the Hispanic vote, per the precincts that had already reported, Trump said he won with both young and old voters, as well as those who were “highly educated” and “poorly educated”.
