HALEY LOST NEVADA TO NO ONE pic.twitter.com/rZU4YPLOIn"None of these candidates" is the projected winner of the Nevada Republican primary, where the only major candidate on the ballot was Nikki Haley.
Former President Donald Trump, who is the GOP frontrunner by a wide margin, was not on the ballot.
— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) February 7, 2024
Instead of participating in the primary, Trump will be on the ballot for the state's caucuses on Thursday.
Despite being Haley's third massive loss in a row, her campaign said that she does not intend to drop out.
"Even Donald Trump knows that when you play penny slots, the house wins. We didn’t bother to play a game rigged for Trump. We’re full steam ahead in South Carolina and beyond," spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said, according to a report from NBC News. Omg “none of these candidates” is beating Haley in the state-run Nevada Primary (not the actual GOP caucus, which is Thursday, and which she refused to compete in).
This is a new low even for her. pic.twitter.com/wHZqVd9aXI
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) February 7, 2024
The caucus and primary split confused many voters who went to the polls hoping to vote for Trump.
The NBC report explains, "Nevada once exclusively used caucuses for its presidential elections. But in 2021, the Democratic-led Legislature changed the law so that the state instead held a primary election, which included early voting, and the opportunity to vote by mail. The Nevada GOP insisted on holding caucuses apart from the state-run election, saying it wanted to control its own contest, using its own rules. The party dictated that candidates weren’t allowed to compete in both elections and that only those competing in the caucuses could win delegates."
Haley did not sign up to be on the ballot for the caucuses, which means Trump will likely take all of Nevada’s 26 delegates. There are no delegates awarded for the primary.
Trump responded to Haley's comedic loss to "none" in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
"A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada to 'None of These Candidates.' Watch, she’ll soon claim Victory!" Trump wrote.
