The lopsided result underscored the enormous challenge Trump’s rivals face as the candidates head into next week’s all important “Super Tuesday” contests involving 11 states. He not only won by what appears to be his biggest margin yet, he swept nearly every category of voters, including Latinos, CNN notes. But in many other states voting that day, Trump is ahead. John Kasich was in second place at 16 percent. “It’s going to be an incredible two months”, he told a raucous crowd at a Las Vegas casino.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points at a supporter at a polling place for the presidential primary in Manchester, New Hampshire February 9, 2016.
Overall, Trump’s win in the states following Iowa mean that everyone – the press, the Republican establishment – is taking the potential for a Trump presidency more seriously. Mr Kasich and Mr Carson could play spoilers as Mr Trump, Mr Cruz and Mr Rubio, battle for delegates with an increasing sense of urgency. Clinton says she would, on one condition.
“Because we need change and we need Trump, we really do”, said one Caucus goer.
“It’s an attempt to show that he is tougher than Trump and more willing to crack down”, said Matt Dallek, an assistant professor at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. So, why is Nevada his third consecutive win with a majority of his votes among Latinos and women?
Nevada was supposed to be a key state for the Florida senator.
The Republican field that included a dozen candidates a month ago has been reduced to five, with former Florida governor Jeb Bush the latest to drop out after a disappointing finish in SC.
To become the eventual GOP nominee, a candidate must amass delegates from across the states with the aim of reaching a preponderance of 1,237 ahead of the Republican convention in July.
All eyes were on whether Rubio and Cruz would be able to slow Trump’s momentum and which of the two candidates would come in second.
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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. That’s fewer white evangelicals than this year’s Iowa caucus and SC primary, but the largest portion above 65 of any Republican test yet.
