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Beau says:
Trump absent from Nevada's GOP primary ballot, impacting perception and morale, with caucus outcome pivotal for candidates' momentum.
Political analysts and voters
Insight into the potential implications of the primary results on the broader Republican presidential race.
#Nevada #RepublicanPrimary #CaucusSystem #Trump #Haley
Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today we are going to talk about the Republican presidential primary out in
Nevada and how it is shaping up and how it's a lot like New Hampshire was for
the Democratic party.
Okay.
So Trump is not on the ballot the same way Biden was not on the
ballot in New Hampshire.
How did that happen?
Right?
That's the question.
The state-level GOP, they decided they wanted to use a caucus system.
This system, because of the way things are in Nevada, greatly favors Trump.
The state wants a primary, so that's going to occur.
The delegates will be handed out via the caucus.
So Trump doesn't have to run against Haley in the primary.
He's not even on the ballot.
Haley is.
Now when this occurred in New Hampshire, if you remember, Biden still won.
Wasn't on the ballot, but still won.
Had enough people write his name in to still actually win the voting.
In Nevada, you can't write in a candidate like that, but there is an option for none
of these candidates.
For Trump to safeguard his ego, none of these candidates has to beat Haley.
If that doesn't happen, Trump will view it because of the way he views everything.
He will view it as having lost to Biden because Biden was able to win even though he wasn't
on the ballot.
Now he would never admit this in public, you know, because it would hurt his ego, but that's
the way he'd view it.
At the end of it, it doesn't really matter.
There's no electoral benefit.
It's just perception.
Now for Haley, if she comes out on top, this is a good morale boost.
This is another one of those things where she's outperforming expectations.
And from what I understand, the way the caucus is set up out there, this is her chance to
show that there are people in Nevada that do support her.
Now, what actually happens, we'll find out tonight.
We should, anyway.
And there will probably be a lot of commentary about it, all depending on whether or not
none of these candidates, that option, beats Haley or not.
If it doesn't, Haley gets kind of a pretty big win.
It doesn't mean anything, but it energizes the campaign.
If she loses, it doesn't really matter that much because the caucus system is what's going
to matter and because of the GOP's, the state-level GOP's attitude towards the primary, it doesn't
carry much weight because they've basically been telling people, yeah
whatever, vote, don't vote, throw away the ballot, doesn't matter. They have not been
supportive of this primary, so that would undercut things a little bit. At the end
it's all about perception with this one. What occurs, who wins, doesn't really
matter electrally.
It matters as far as perception, morale,
and the idea of momentum.
So we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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