Republican Nikki Haley Loses Nevada Primary Without Trump

No Delegates Even with wins, Trump Does Not Participate
No Preferred Candidate 62% vs. Haley at 31%

In the Republican primary in Nevada, where Donald Trump, a powerful candidate for the U.S. Republican Party, was absent, Nikki Haley was defeated.

According to The Hill, a U.S. political specialty media, as of 85% of the votes counted, Haley only gained 31.1%, less than half of “No Preferred Candidate” (62.5%).

Trump only registered as a candidate for the Nevada caucus to be held on the 8th. This is because, according to the policy of the Republican National Committee, even if he wins, he cannot receive the delegates necessary to decide the presidential candidate at the convention.

Although the election result doesn’t hold much significance, The Hill analyzed that the pressure for candidate Haley to withdraw from the primaries would increase. This media outlet analyzed that more votes choosing “No Preferred Candidate” over Haley is essentially a “victory” for Trump.

“Haley’s symbolic but embarrassing defeat to ‘no candidate,'” the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote, calling it “a victory for Mr. Trump as he tries to shake off his last remaining opponent” in the Republican presidential race.

According to The New York Times (NYT), Trump, in a post on his self-created social media Truth Social, mocked Haley’s Nevada primary result as a “bad night,” saying, “Wait and see. She will claim victory soon!”

Olivia Perez-Cubas, a spokesperson for the Haley camp, also emphasized, “We are doing our best in South Carolina and beyond.”