Welcome to a WEIRD week in Politics!
Tuesday, 2/6 marks the Nevada Primary where Nikki Haley is running primarily (!) against “None of the Above”.
Which, in the end, doesn’t really matter because the delegates which determine who the party nominee are, are not apportioned by the state PRIMARY, they are determined in the state CAUCUS on Thursday, 2/8.
Trump is running largely unapposed in the Caucus.
We’ll leave the megapost up long enough to cover both events.
Please keep all comments and posts related to the Primary and Caucus in this Megapost.
ALSO coming on Thursday - A live stream from the Supreme Court regarding Trump’s eligibility for the ballot, there will be a separate Megapost just for that!
here is a WaPo article explaining the situation:
TL;DR: Nevada made a law to make the primaries easier for citizens to participate in, but it was written kinda poorly and has a huge loophole clearly contrary to the intent of the law, which the GOP is of course exploiting.
But why isn’t Nikki Haley running in the caucus?
The Caucus was pushed specifically by Trump and Trump affiliated officials in Nevada.
These are some elementary school level maneuvers…
Did they block her from the caucus, or did she choose not to enter the caucus? If the former, how, and if the latter, why?
From everything I read, the state sanctioned the Primary, then the party went behind everyones back to specifically set up the Caucus for Trump.