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Nevada caucus results: Trump poised for big night
cnn.com ^ | Maeve Reston

Posted on 02/23/2016 3:52:04 PM PST by RoosterRedux

This state that has long embraced its reputation as the Wild West of politics is expected to embrace anti-establishment candidate Donald Trump in a blowout in the Nevada Republican caucuses on Tuesday night.

In a state where only 33,000 of the state's 400,000 GOP voters turned out to caucus in 2012 -- a mere 7% -- the campaigns of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and one-time candidate Jeb Bush got organized early, snapping up talented operatives and key endorsements, while beginning caucus trainings last fall in the hopes that a strong organization could overcome Trump's momentum.

But Trump appears to have steamrolled through all of that, dominating not just Nevada's unreliable polls, but capturing the excitement and buzz in the race with his visits here.

In interviews with dozens of Republican voters across the state over the last week, many said without hesitation that they were standing firmly with Trump and had given little thought to the other Republican candidates.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: election; nv2016; trump
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To: LS

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You’ll win nothing but fantasy dreams.


181 posted on 02/25/2016 8:27:28 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Correction: judging from the lameness of up your posts, I won a long time ago. A LONG time ago.


182 posted on 02/25/2016 9:37:35 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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