The president of the United States,
Joe Biden
, achieved a comfortable victory this Tuesday in the
Democratic Party primaries in Nevada.
In that same state, the Republican version of these votes produced a surprising result: former ambassador to the UN
Nikki Haley
failed and the most supported option was "none of the candidates", clear evidence of
support for Donald Trump
, who will be presented this year. Thursday in separate elections.
With 70% of the ballots counted,
Biden won with 89.6% of the votes
, while the author of self-help books
Marianne Williamson
was left with just 2.7%, according to projections from
The New York newspapers.
Times
and
The Washington Post
.
After learning of his victory,
the president
, who had just won a large victory in South Carolina,
took the opportunity to cross Trump
, his more than likely rival in the November elections:
"America was built on the idea that all women and men are equal. But this promise has never been more at risk than now.
Donald Trump is trying to divide us, not unite us,
and drag us into the past, distancing us from a promising future," he said.
Joe Biden already imagines Donald Trump as his rival in the November elections.
Photo: EFE.
Victory in Nevada would allow Biden to obtain the 36 delegates assigned to that state
.
To be officially proclaimed as the Democratic presidential candidate he needs about 2,000 delegates.
The surprise result of the Republican primaries in Nevada, overshadowed by Trump's absence
Regarding the Republican primaries in Nevada, both prestigious newspapers confirmed that voters gave
61.8% of their support to the "neither candidate"
option , while 31.6% went to Nikki Haley, former governor. from South Carolina.
Trump's name did not appear on the ballots, since
he will be presented separately under the 'caucus' format this Thursday
and, presumably, he will obtain the 26 delegates that are disputed in that state.
The Republicans opted for two models in Nevada
: primaries this Tuesday and, just two days later,
the 'caucuses', which are a type of assembly in which voters must come at a specific time to vote for their candidate
.
Donald Trump is close to being defined as the Republican presidential candidate.
Photo: Reuters.
For decades, Nevada held caucuses.
However, as these appointments tended to cause some chaos, state legislators approved a law in 2021 that abandoned that voting model and established that state authorities had to organize primaries when there was more than one candidate.
But this law did not specify how the Republican Party would allocate Nevada's 26 delegates to the winner, so,
taking advantage of that loophole, Trump pressured the Nevada Republican Party to ignore the state law and continue with its 'caucus' tradition.
"
A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada against 'None of These Candidates'
. Watch out, she will soon claim victory!" Trump expressed his own social network Truth Social, which he launched after he was expelled from Twitter, although now Elon Musk has removed the suspension.
Nevada, a key state for the November elections
In
Nevada
, about
2.3 million voters registered to vote
.
Of this total, 31% are Democrats, 28% are Republicans and 34% are independents, according to official data.
This is one of the so-called
hinge states
in which the
candidates of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have similar support
, which is why they are considered key to the outcome of the presidential elections.
Biden entered the Democratic primaries this Tuesday after his resounding victory in the South Carolina primaries, while Trump is on the verge of winning the Republican presidential nomination after his consecutive victories in Iowa, New Hampshire and almost certainly in Nevada.
With information from EFE.
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