Outside the ballot boxes, Trump won the state of Nevada. Hailey loses to “None of These”

Donald Trump Prove it again Its electoral power With a symbolic victory in the Republican presidential primaries NevadaThis is because his name was not on the ballot.

Trump's absence from the ballot did not pave the way for victory Nikki Haley, his main opponent. Former Governor L South Carolina The former ambassador to the United Nations was defeated by this option “None of these candidates” By a large margin.

The confusion over two simultaneous contests — the state's primary and caucus — dates back to 2021, when Democrats, who then controlled the governor's office and Nevada's Legislature, changed the presidential nominating process. The decision was appealed by the Nevada Republican Party, but legal action to stop the primary was dismissed by a judge.

The last discount

Haley and other Republican candidates who had already withdrawn from the presidential race saw the Nevada Republican Party as too loyal to Trump, and chose not to participate in a campaign rally that they saw as supportive of the former president. Trump, who comfortably leads the 2024 nomination race, encouraged his supporters to participate in the caucus, highlighting that voting in the primaries “Does this mean anything?”.

While Haley skipped the Nevada primary and focused her efforts on her home state of South Carolina, Trump seized the opportunity to reassert his dominant position in the party, hoping to celebrate his victory at the caucus on Thursday.