focuses on countries with more "fair" elections.
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Donald Trump's last opponent in the Republican race, Nikki Haley, recorded an embarrassing loss in the Nevada primaries tonight (Wednesday), when most voters chose the option of "none of these candidates" over her.
Haley, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations, was the only significant candidate, because Trump did not appear on the symbolic ballots.
Haley chose to run in the official primaries of the state of Nevada instead of the party's election convention, which will be held on Thursday and where the delegates will be distributed to the winner. Trump, who has already defeated In Iowa and New Hampshire, Haley is the only major candidate in the caucuses and is expected to win by a landslide.
Haley, who has fended off pressure from party officials to drop out of the race to allow Trump to focus on the November presidential election, has not put much effort into Nevada. She said she is focusing on states where the electoral process is "Fair". However, even in the next elections to be held in her home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor, she is expected to lose to Trump by a considerable margin, according to the polls. According
to the Secretary of State of Nevada, about 15,700 voters went to the polls, in addition to about 151 thousand who voted in early voting. It's unclear what the voter turnout was, as these were Nevada's first presidential primaries in decades of caucuses, but it appears to have been low given the confusion surrounding the vote. In 2021, state lawmakers voted to change the law, arguing that the primary method is more accessible.
Warns of the threat posed to democracy by Trump.
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At the same time, the Democrats also held their primaries in Nevada, with President Joe Biden again easily beating the other unknown candidates trying to challenge him.
Nevada will be a key state in November's presidential election, which Biden won in his first showdown with Trump four years ago.
"I have no complaints about him," said 77-year-old Jerry Christiansen, a retired carpenter who voted at the Las Vegas high school he helped build.
He and his 71-year-old wife Virginia voted for Biden.
"I don't understand why he gets credit."
Biden held a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, warning of the threat another Trump presidency poses to American democracy.
He acknowledged that voters may be tired.
"I know, we know, we still have a lot to do," he said.
"Not everyone feels the benefits of our investments and progress yet."
Donnie Lord, 45, voted in Henderson, south of Las Vegas, without much enthusiasm.
"I think that Biden is the worst in the minority. I think that in general he does the minimum he can."
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