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Trump wins big in Nevada
Presidential election in Nevada, 2016
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 Date: November 8, 2016 |
Winner: Donald Trump (R) Hillary Clinton (D) • Jill Stein (G) • Gary Johnson (L) • Vice presidential candidates |
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February 24, 2016
Donald Trump extended his winning streak to three, capturing the February 23 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses with about 46 percent of the vote.
For the billionaire, it was a broad victory. According to the television network entrance poll, a representative sampling of voters as they entered their caucus locations, Trump carried men and women, college-educated and non-college voters, conservatives and moderates, Evangelical and non-Evangelical voters.
With more than 93 percent of the precincts reporting, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio won less than a quarter of the vote and held a narrow lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for a distant second place finish. Rubio won a plurality of the late deciders: among those who said they made up their minds on how they were voting within the last week, roughly two-out-five cast their ballots for the Floridian. But more than twice as many voters said they decided before that, and among that group, Trump won a majority.
| Nevada Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 34,531 | 14 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.9% | 17,940 | 7 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.4% | 16,079 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.8% | 3,619 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 3.6% | 2,709 | 1 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 170 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 64 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 50 | 0 | |
| Totals | 75,162 | 28 | ||
| Source: Nevada GOP | ||||
Trump captured 15 of the state’s 17 counties, and Cruz had won two. In Clark County, home to Las Vegas, Trump captured nearly half the ballots cast. Rubio ran ahead of Cruz in Clark and the state’s second largest county, Washoe, home to Reno. Cruz performed relatively well in rural parts of the state.
| Color Key |
|---|
| Winning candidate |
| Donald Trump |
| Ted Cruz |
James A. Barnes is a senior writer for Ballotpedia and co-author of the 2016 edition of the Almanac of American Politics. He is a member of the CNN Decision Desk and will be helping to project the Democratic and Republican winners throughout the election cycle.
See also
- Presidential election in Nevada, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- Presidential election, 2016/Polls
- 2016 presidential candidate ratings and scorecards
- Presidential election, 2016/Straw polls
