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Yesterday, we had an item about Nikki Haley's win in Washington, DC, in which we suggested that she would get only 2 days to enjoy her first primary win. We forgot that North Dakota was scheduled to hold its caucus yesterday. Oops! If only there was a site that had a map at the top of the page, with the dates of all the Republican primaries and caucuses.
In any event, the Haley victory march lasted less than 24 hours, as she lost resoundingly in the Flickertail State (is there any state whose nickname is less familiar than that one)? Donald Trump claimed 1,632 votes, which is 84.6%, and entitles him to all 29 delegates. Haley got 273 votes, which is 14.1%. The rest of the votes, all 25 of them, went to David Stuckenberg and Ryan Binkley. That means that Binkley might be able to get his price per vote down to $4,900 or so. Progress!
Caucuses tend to attract the true believers and the party activists, so to the extent that you can draw conclusions from 1,930 total votes, it's that the base loves, loves, loves Trump and has no real interest in Haley. All of this will quickly be forgotten, of course, once the Super Tuesday results are in. Thereafter, we will all wait with bated breath to see if another Trump challenger bails out. What we are saying is: David Stuckenberg, all eyes are on you. (Z)