Donald Trump Wins Republican Nevada Caucus
The Primaries and Caucus’ have begun and so far Trump is in the lead.
February 24, 2016
Donald Trump won the Nevada Republican Caucus Tuesday, February 23, 2016, with 46.1% of the votes.
According to Congress for Kids.com, the Primary election is when members of each party choose their candidate in each state primary. Candidates are also chosen from smaller meetings called “Caucuses.” (To know more about Primaries and Caucuses, check out Nafees Abidi’s article, “What do Caucus’s Mean.”)
So far in the election, Trump has won South Carolina Primary with 32.4% of the votes February 20 and New Hampshire with 35.3% of the votes February 9th.
“I think he [Trump] would be a president that would make a change,” sophomore Trevor Eckhardt said. “Like any president, he would get a lot of criticism for whatever he does because no matter who you are, there will always be something that puts you at the disadvantage.”
According to council of foreign relations.com, a republican candidate must earn at least 1,237 out of 2,472 delegates to win that party’s nomination. The Republican Party gives each state ten delegates and three for each congressional district with a bonus delegates for states that gave electoral votes to the party in the previous presidential election and those that elected Republicans to high offices.
“Donald Trump is something like we have never seen before,” says Eckhardt. “He has come in a time when people are fed up of things that the government isn’t doing and he says he will fix them.”
Republican caucus results:
February 1: Ted Cruz wins the Iowa Caucus with 27.6% of the votes
February 9: Donald Trump wins the New Hampshire Primary with 35.4% of the votes
February 20: Donald Trump wins the South Carolina Primary with 32.4% of the votes
February 23: Donald Trump wins the Nevada Caucus with 45.9% of the votes.
For a complete list of each state’s Primary and Caucus’ dates, please click the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/primary-calendar-and-results.html
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