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Poll: Trump’s negatives among Hispanics rise; worst in GOP field

Donald Trump has used the issue of immigration to help make himself the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, but his harsh rhetoric also has earned him the highest negative ratings among Hispanic voters of any major GOP hopeful, according to a Washington Post-Univision News poll.

In the Republican Debate, Here’s What to Look For

Donald J. Trump has won three nominating contests in a row, and Thursday night’s face-off in Houston is the last best chance for his rivals to slow him down before Super Tuesday next week, when 12 states will vote. We asked New York Times political reporters what they would be looking for in the Republican debate.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrated his resounding victory in Tuesday’s Nevada caucuses, but almost as soon as he declared “we’re winning, winning,” he was already thinking bigger.

“It’s going to be an amazing two months,” he said. “We might not even need the two months folks, to be honest, right?”

Winners and losers of Nevada’s Republican caucuses

Republicans turned to Nevada on Tuesday in the final contest before eleven states vote on March 1.

The caucuses were compelling, if sometimes chaotic. Who drew a winning hand in the Silver State and who left looking like a busted flush?

Trump’s Huge Nevada Win Raises Super Tuesday Stakes

He came. He saw. And by the end of the night, in the land of Caesar’s Palace, The Donald had conquered.

Now, after Donald Trump thumped his nearest rivals by 20 points Tuesday in the Nevada caucuses, the billionaire turns his eyes toward a bigger prize: next week’s 11-state Super Tuesday.

Donald Trump Wins Nevada Caucuses, Collecting Third Straight Victory

Donald J. Trump was declared the winner of the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, gaining a third consecutive victory in an early-voting state and strengthening his position in the Republican presidential race before the wave of Super Tuesday elections on March 1.

Following businessman Donald Trump’s big win in South Carolina, a growing number of people seem to think he is more likely than not to be the 2016 Republican nominee. Several articles this morning address the issue of Trump’s candidacy and whether he could be stopped. From Bloomberg Politics:

Four Problems With the ‘Winnowing’ Theory of Trump’s Downfall

The theory is that Trump, who notched his second consecutive primary victory on Saturday, is a factional candidate with a “hard ceiling” of support limited ... Read More >>