As of: February 6, 2024, 10:38 a.m
By: Christian Stör
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The US Republican primaries continue.
In Nevada you can even vote twice.
What this means for Trump and Haley.
Las Vegas - Curiosity in Nevada: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are both running in the Republican primaries - but are on different ballot papers.
That's not all: both are standing for election on two different days.
How can that even be?
And what does this mean for the Republican presidential nomination in view of the US election in November?
The background to the confusion is a dispute between the Republican Party and the state.
While a new law in Nevada requires a state primary, Republicans insist on continuing to vote by caucus, as has been the case since the 1980s.
In July 2023, Judge James Russell ruled that Republicans must offer both types.
In Nevada there will be a primary on February 6th and a caucus on February 8th.
The next US Republican primaries will take place in Nevada.
Still, Nikki Haley (front center) prefers to tour South Carolina.
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Haley and Trump are on different ballots in the US Republican primaries in Nevada
In his ruling, Judge Russell also stated that the Republicans in Nevada are free to decide how they want to distribute the delegate votes.
The party didn't think twice and announced early on that these delegate votes would only be awarded at the caucus.
In addition, the Republicans determined that it would not be possible to take part in both primaries.
It is already clear that Nikki Haley will definitely not get a single vote in the US primaries in Nevada.
Because she is only on the ballot for the primary on February 6th.
Incidentally, Mike Pence and Tim Scott, who have long since withdrawn their candidacy, are also involved.
Here is an alphabetical list of those who will be on the ballot in the February 6th primary:
John Anthony Castro
Heath V Fulkerson
Nikki Haley
Donald Kjornes
Mike Pence
Tim Scott
Hirsh V. Singh
The primary on February 6th is of no importance for the presidential candidacy.
For Haley, it's more about positioning herself for the US primaries in South Carolina on February 24th, where, according to polls, she is still clearly lagging behind Donald Trump.
The 26 delegate votes from Nevada are almost certain.
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In any case, he has no fear of competition in the caucus.
The Republicans have since removed the names of Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum, which were originally on the ballot.
Trump's only opponent is the Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley.
So the ballot at the February 8th caucus looks like this:
Ryan Binkley
Donald Trump
Why isn't Haley participating in the Nevada caucus in the US Republican primary?
What is astonishing is that Nikki Haley is not running in the caucus in Nevada - even though she has long known that this is the only result that counts for the Republicans.
A Haley voter thinks it's a set-up.
Las Vegas-based Republican Thomas Kramer told the
Las Vegas Review-Journal
that he felt the primary was rigged: "It feels like the people who complained about an election being stolen are an election steal." Another Haley voter also expressed frustration to the paper: "I can't vote for my candidate," said Charles Fruit.
“You’re basically disenfranchising me.
And this is happening through my own Republican Party.
I am very dissatisfied."
Surname |
Nikki Haley, born Randhawa |
|---|---|
birth date |
January 20, 1972 |
Place of birth |
Bamberg, South Carolina, USA |
Political party |
republican |
Current office |
Candidate for the 2024 US presidential election |
Studies |
Accounting from Clemson University, South Carolina |
Haley has never publicly commented on why she is not participating in the caucus.
Experts assume that given the format of such an election meeting, it has no chance of success anyway.
Republicans in Nevada chose this "to essentially create a situation where Trump has no competition," pollster Mike Noble told
Axios
.
And Daniel Lee told the portal that a caucus is always beneficial for someone with a strong base.
The enthusiastic voters are there, exactly “the kind of people that Trump has,” said the professor of political science at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
A caucus favors Trump in the US Republican primaries
In fact, a caucus is quite time-consuming.
In a primary, the vote can be cast at any time during the polling station's opening hours; postal voting is also possible over several days.
In contrast, a caucus is scheduled at a precisely defined time.
In Nevada this occurs between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. local time.
During these two and a half hours, discussions take place at the various meeting locations before the actual election begins.
It seems that ardent Trump fans are much more willing to set aside two and a half hours on a weekday evening.
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