Nevada caucus results: Trump poised for big night

cnn.com ^ | Maeve Reston

[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.

[Kenny]

I’d heard that Rush said last week, “Don’t let this guy get near 50%” but didn’t know what it meant. Then I saw today that 50% or higher get all delegates. Below is proportional.

[TontoKowalski]

From the article:

The more traditional campaigns of Cruz and Rubio, said longtime Nevada political analyst Jon Ralston, "are very frustrated by what everyone's frustrated by: you can't talk any sense into the Trump voters; they can't turn them."

It's perfect. It sums up the whole problem. If you're not in line with the establishment view, that just means no one can "talk sense into you."

How patronizing. We've been taken advantage of too damn long.

So, KMA, Mr. Jon Ralston.

[grania]

They left!! They must be dropping out of the race. (sarcasm)

[Las Vegas Ron]

If Trump can't get a majority in a state with legalized gambling and legalized prostitution, he probably ought to pack it in.

So, what would that mean about Cruz if he should win?

[CitizenUSA]

I don’t perceive Cruz as being “oily” but we’re each entitled to our opinions. However, I was looking for something more specific, like how he’s oily? I lean Trump but would vote for Cruz, too.

[Duchess47]

Hard to say. If no fraud then yes it will happen but I wouldn’t put a bit of trust in the Nevada Republican party. Oh, Rubio is the new fair haired boy since Bush dropped out.

[SunkenCiv]

Nevada and/or Caucus from Feb, selections:

• Bernie Sanders Had No Plan for Losing Nevada
• 2016 Nevada Caucus Results (Live Thread)
• Marco Rubio To Skip Caucus Night In Vegas, Will Campaign In Midwest Instead
• Hard Choices for Carson on the Road to Nevada
• Republican Rubio seeks boost in Nevada, but Trump dominates polls
• How the Nevada presidential caucuses work
• The Media is Lying- Hillary Didn't Win Nevada
• Insiders: Trump will take Nevada
• Cruz Courts Paul Voters in Nevada
• What Trump, Rubio and Cruz are betting on to win the Nevada caucuses
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXV
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/23
• Ivanka Trump -- How to Caucus Nevada
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio at Trump Rally in Vegas Tonight -- LARGEST RALLY IN NEVADA POLITICAL HISTORY
• Nevada GOP to report caucus results with smartphones
• National Nurse Union Says UN Election Observers Needed After Clinton Camp's Tricks in Nevada
• Scarborough Mercilessly Mocks Rubio's 'Firewall' in Nevada
• Nevada: Ted Cruz's Launches Lightning Tour [Protester will back Sanders or Trump]
• Sanders supporters feeling the Bern after Nevada
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXIV
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/22
• Inside Rubio and Cruz's high-stakes ground game battle in Nevada
• John Kasich Folds in Nevada
• Following Jeb's Exit, Nevada Senator Heller Endorses Rubio
• South Carolina and Nevada Wrap Up
• Nevada & South Carolina I
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXIII
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/21
• Clinton's Campaign Just Got Busted Impersonating Union Nurses in Nevada
• Nevada Republican Caucus Polls: Trump Has the Momentum
• Vanity: Democratic NV Caucus is a Joke (Less than 14,000 votes)
• Clinton Wins Nevada Caucus
• Early entrance polls show close race in Nevada Democratic caucuses
• Hillary Clinton obituary submitted to Nevada newspaper
• GOP voters could participate in Democratic caucus (Nevada)
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXII
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/20
• Geraldo Calls FNC's Bolling 'Gringo' for Correctly Pronouncing 'Nevada'
• State releases hundreds of Clinton emails just before Nevada caucus
• Ted Cruz Promises Nevada He'll Get Its Land Back
• Ted Cruz Already Looking Ahead to Nevada With Latest Ad
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXI
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/19
• Sorry, Maddow: The Free Beacon Poll On Nevada's Democratic Caucus Was Pretty Much Correct
• Nevada Polling Results
• Sleeping With The Gun Enemy In Nevada
• Nevada Democrats Screw Military Voters
• Jeb at 1% in Nevada
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXX
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/18
• (Nevada) RNC Official Calls on Cruz, Rubio To Drop Out of Race -- But There's a Catch
• Trump Isn't Into...., Melania Never ...., And Other Things He Told Howard Stern
• Trump up big in Nevada (Jeb at 1%)
• Tea Party Caucus Chairman Tim Huelskamp Endorses Ted Cruz, a 'Full Spectrum Conservative'
• In Nevada, young Latinos are 'Bernie kids' while their parents are 'with Hillary'
• Nevada Poll Finds Trump In Command, Democrats Deadlocked
• Poll: Clinton, Sanders in a dead heat for Nevada [Trump 45 Rubio 19]
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXIX
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/17
• Freedom Caucus Leader Raul Labrador Goes Cruz
• Ralston: Nevada is no longer a 'lock' for Hillary Clinton (Panic time for Billary)
• Scalia Was Almost Never The Most Conservative Justice On The Supreme Court
• Ted Cruz Nevada event schedule Feb 21st -- 23rd
• It Looks like Hillary is Losing Her Nevada Bet
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/16
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXVIII
• Bernie Sanders Tells Volunteers in Reno to Expect Victory in Nevada
• Hillary Barks Like a Dog at Nevada Campaign Event
• Group Backing Ted Cruz Makes $573,000 Ad Buy in Nevada
• Hookers for Hillary: meet the sex workers caucusing for Clinton in Nevada
• Clinton has superdelegate edge in Nevada and South Carolina
• Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXVII
• Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/15
• Heidi Cruz to headline Washoe Republican women luncheon (Nevada)
• Foreclosure crisis snarls Clinton, Sanders' efforts to reach Nevada voters
• BUSH: 'I Could Drop My Pants (Moon the whole crowd) Press Guys Would Never Notice' (True, Feb 6)
• It Was Never About Oil
• Jeb Bush: Obama Has 'Every Right' To Submit Nominee To Replace Scalia (RINO/GOPe Surrender Caucus)
• Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Deadlocked In Nevada Poll (45-45%)
• Poll: Sanders tied with Clinton in Nevada
• On to South Carolina and Nevada and Nevada and South Carolina
• Nevada, Clinton's Firewall? Maybe Not

[RoosterRedux]

I hear a lot of preachers like to take a trip to Las Vegas. We all trust preachers, right?

Hey...they don't gamble (that would be a sin)...but they like the gurrls.

How come you know so much about Nevada?

[Charles Henrickson]

It would mean that even in Nevada, people are getting sick of Trump’s infantile shtick.

[Salvation]

Read this.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/a-neurologist-has-tried-to-pinpoint-what-bugs-him-about-ted-cruz’s-face/ar-BBpg4zI

I had the same feelings/ judgments about Cruz and couldn’t figure out what it was.
Then I saw this article and it clicked. As a teacher I have always been very attuned to body language.....good way to tell if a child is lying. And that’s exactly what bugged me about Cruz. I could tell he wasn’t trustworthy, but hadn’t put two and two together.

[Cementjungle]

Hey...this Cruz guy...there’s something wrong with this guy...something sick.

He's been involved in government for over 20 years.

[DoughtyOne]

[RoosterRedux]

Saw that piece a few days ago.

I was a Cruz guy at the beginning.

But something about him pushed me away.

Might be his facial expression...might just be his character.

I am an evangelical...but I don't trust Bible thumpers.

And Cruz is a Bible thumper.

[deport]

Well which is it going to be? This thread or the one posted earlier?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3400880/posts?

[Charles Henrickson]

It is fairly well known that Nevada is notorious for legalized gambling and legalized prostitution. It is also well known that Donald Trump has made a fortune on enabling people to gamble and that he is an admitted, proud, serial adulterer.

[svcw]

To trump supporters Cruz is brighter and more informed so that makes trump look stupid, which they change into bullying and threatening.

[LS]

Yet since mid-summer I have looked at the demos, when available, of every poll.

They all have one thing in common: Trump carries the most educated demos. If it breaks down into “college,” “some college” and “post-college” Trump carries the first two every time, and once in a while Rubio takes the third. Cruz usually carries “ no college” if he carries any demo.

When there is no education demo but they give income, I use that as a proxy, and Trump ALWAYS takes the “$45,000-65,000” and “over $65,000” demos.

[Charles Henrickson]

No one is interested in electing a saint or a Pope.

I am interested in electing a social and constitutional conservative. That is definitely not Trump.

[LS]

It’s the Cruzers’ “schtick” everyone is tired of. I thought he was an honorable guy til IA.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Well, since Cruz couldn’t get the evangelicals in SC, perhaps he can get the hookers and gamblers votes here.