Republican primaries: None of these candidates won in Nevada

In the Republican primaries, the option none of these candidates won in Nevada, a clear signal of absolute support for Donald Trump, who was banned from participating.

Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suffered a humiliating defeat in the Nevada primaries on Tuesday. The leadership of this candidate is so low that she trailed behind ballots marked “none of these candidates” by Donald Trump’s supporters, according to Edison Research.

Haley, the last remaining rival to the frontrunner Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, participated in the party primaries in Nevada on Tuesday but without success.

Meanwhile, President of the United States, Joe Biden, easily won the Democratic presidential primaries in Nevada after dominating the first nomination contest of his party in South Carolina on Saturday, February 3rd.

With over 70% of the votes counted, Biden had 90% support. Meanwhile, former President Trump will secure all of Nevada’s delegates in a separate vote on Thursday.

As he nears the nomination after consecutive victories in Iowa and New Hampshire. The none of these candidates option won in Nevada in an unprecedented event in this state.

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None of these candidates won in Nevada and surpassed Haley

Trump did not compete in Tuesday’s primaries, which did not carry weight in the Republican presidential nomination race.

While Haley will not be on the ballot for the Thursday, February 8th caucus. Republican voters were able to mark “none of these candidates” on their ballots in Tuesday’s primaries.

Despite this, candidate Haley has not withdrawn, and has angered Trump by refusing to drop out of the Republican nomination race.

With more than two-thirds of Republican votes counted, Haley received 32% of the vote, while “none of these candidates” in Nevada surpassed 61% and was the winner, according to Edison Research.

The rival Republican caucus on Thursday is led by the Trump-friendly state party, and with only Trump on that ballot, he is almost guaranteed to win and secure all 26 state delegates to the Republican National Convention in July, when the party formally nominates its candidate.

Voters can participate in both the Republican primaries on Tuesday and the Republican caucus on Thursday.

Joe Lombardo, Republican Governor of Nevada and Trump supporter, had said he would vote “none of these candidates” on Tuesday and vote for Trump on Thursday.

The competing Republican ballots result from a conflict between the state Republican Party, led by Trump allies, and a 2021 state law requiring primaries to be held.

Presidential nomination caucuses are run by state political parties, not the state itself, and the Trump-friendly Nevada Republican Party decided to hold a caucus on February 8th, allowing it to reaffirm its leadership live.

During a visit to Nevada last week, Trump urged voters to ignore Tuesday’s primary elections and only vote in Thursday’s caucus.

Haley has promised to stay in the race for the Republican nomination and reach a possible final position in her home state of South Carolina on February 24th, but she does not have a clear path to the nomination, in fact, the fact that the “none of these candidates” option in Nevada ranks above her leadership says a lot.

According to opinion polls, she is far behind Trump in South Carolina. Biden campaigned in Nevada on Sunday and Monday. After his victory, he immediately set his sights on Trump.

“Donald Trump is trying to divide us, not unite us; drag us into the past, not lead us into the future”, said Biden.

Biden appeared on the ballot alongside self-help author Marianne Williamson and other lesser-known Democratic rivals. U.S. Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota missed the filing deadline and will not appear on the ballot.

In 2020, Biden defeated Trump in Nevada by 2.4 percentage points.

Opinion polls show that a likely rematch between Biden and Trump in the state will be close. Around 30% of Nevada’s population self-identifies as Latino or Hispanic in the U.S. census, and Republicans are making some inroads with these voters nationwide.

Nevada also has many potential undecided voters: there are 768,000 registered as “non-partisan,” more than those registered as Democrats or Republicans, according to the latest state figures.