On Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Sen.
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As Mr. Trump continues with his triumphalism, his main rivals Mr. Rubio and Senator Ted Cruz, who finished third for a second time, are hoping that the more than 30 percent undecided voters in the Super Tuesday states could be mobilised in their favour.
Nevada is a multi-ethnic state, but the historically low turnout of caucus goers tends to skew heavily for white voters. Marco Rubio (R-FL), but won two counties, Elko and Lincoln.
He now heads into next week’s Super Tuesday vote in 11 states with his rivals struggling to find a way to stop him. He even borrowed Ronald Reagan’s famous phrase to turn his loss in Nevada into a victory of sorts: “Tonight, we are one step closer to morning in America”. He said that he has support across all the demographics and added, “We won the evangelicals…We won with young”.
We’re now waiting for Trump to take the stage, and the networks are pretty excited about what he has to say. We won with old.
It is Trump’s third win in a row after winning primaries in New Hampshire and SC earlier this month.
Outside one caucus site people dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan were reported to have been seen holding up signs supporting Donald Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a caucus night rally Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas.
Cruz appeared at the Mach Industrial Group Houston with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, his mentor and former boss, who on Wednesday endorsed the tea party-backed senator. “We won with poorly educated”, he said after the victory in Nevada.
“Trump is succeeding everywhere right now, and Texas is not immune to that”, said Matt Mackowiak, a GOP political consultant in Austin who isn’t aligned with any presidential candidate. A new Texas Tribune poll showed Cruz leading Trump, 37 percent to 28 percent. “And the argument we have made (is), I am the conservative that can unify the Republican Party”. I love the poorly educated.
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O’Connell, who isn’t backing anyone in the GOP presidential race, said Rubio or Cruz needs to drop out soon to deny Trump the nomination. Delegates are awarded proportionally in the 21 primaries and caucuses held over the next three weeks in 19 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
