Nevada caucus quirk may allow GOP voters to vote for Dems

Feb 28, 2016, 04:37

Sanders drew heavily from those who cared most about honesty and compassion; Clinton scored big among those who pine for experience and a perceived ability to win in November.

Trump and Cruz, who won the Iowa caucuses, duked it out in the week leading up to Saturday's primary, with the campaign growing increasingly nasty. Check on Military Times' election calendar. The public mood has upended the usual political order, giving Sanders and Trump openings while leaving more traditional candidates scrambling to find their footing. How much is really at stake for candidates in this early nominating contest? The billionaire businessman spent the week threatening one rival with a lawsuit, accusing former President George W. Bush of lying, and even tangling with Pope Francis on immigration -yet SC was still seen as his state to lose.

Trump, who has also advocated a ban on Muslim immigrants to counter domestic terror threats, stirred fresh controversy on Friday when he told a crowd about a USA general who was said to have dipped bullets in pigs' blood to kill Muslim prisoners a century ago. "This isn't about appealing to people's deep anxiety...." He can't be president. "A ton of people would be very uncomfortable with his divisive language and with his inexperience in so many ways".

Trump's victory appears to demonstrate that voters in a conservative state are no longer offended by these ideas and many are in agreement with Trump. Even beyond SC, on Super Tuesday, 63 percent of the delegates up for grabs will be in contests with a higher share of African-Americans than Nevada.

Trump easily defeated Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who were in a close fight for second place and the right to declare themselves the anti-Trump alternative. I know that Rubio had the endorsements of numerous establishment politicians in SC but to nose out Cruz here and possibly pick up the donors of Jeb Bush, who dropped out of the race, coupled with the expected upcoming endorsement of Mitt Romney make him a major player. But they wanted to finish ahead of one another; otherwise, there would be tough questions about long-term viability.

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Just over half of SC primary voters said immigrants who are living in the country illegally should be offered a chance to apply for legal status, and those voters tended to prefer Rubio. Ten percent said they are undecided.

"As far as being too far left, I agree with a lot of the stuff he has to say".

John Kasich: The Ohio governor made strong gains in SC after a finishing second in New Hampshire.

The meeting was apparently meant to make amends over dirty tricks used by the Cruz campaign. which many claim, swung the vote over in his favor from previous races. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson vowed to stay in the race, despite a single-digit showing. Hillary Clinton has reportedly clinched three of the state's eight superdelegates. In Nevada, 70 percent of Democrats said they were liberal compared to just 45 percent in 2008.

Trump's wife, Melania Trump, also broke her usual silence Saturday, telling supporters that "he loves you".

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A large majority of black caucus-goers supported Clinton, while whites and Hispanics were more evenly divided.

"This is your campaign, and it is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back", Clinton said in her victory speech at her Caesars Palace headquarters on the Las Vegas Strip. "If it's a low turnout".

Democrats were to gather at 200 caucus sites, including six at Las Vegas Strip casinos so housekeepers, blackjack dealers and others with weekend schedules could attend.

There are more than 4,000 delegates still up for grabs on the Democratic side and more than 2,000 for the Republicans.

The potential for GOP mischief in Nevada's Democratic race - which has grown incredibly tight - was revealed when reports surfaced of a University of Nevada, Reno College Republicans press release that announced what it called a "loophole" in the state's election practices that allows registered Republicans to caucus for both parties.

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