By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--February 24, 2016
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Just prior to last night's Nevada Caucus, most polling showed Trump holding a lead somewhere between 15-25%. A lot of it, however, was done before Jeb dropped out and people wondered if the numbers would hold. Obviously, his dominating performance proves that not only did they hold, he managed to exceed the projections offered by many outlets.
Here are the results, via the AP:
Both Cruz and Rubio spent the last week claiming that, while they might not win, a strong second place showing in NV would turn their respective campaigns around. Clearly, neither got what they were hoping for. If the data from entrance polling is correct, Trump crushed them both, across the board, in virtually every demographic - including this one:
They'll try and spin it, but that's the kind of statistic that has to be giving Cruz and Rubio night terrors. The delegate count now looks like this:
To be blunt, Trump didn't "just win" in Nevada. He crushed his two closest opponents, and put the feasibility of their campaigns in severe doubt.
His victory speech appears below.
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