Nevada Republicans hit the caucuses

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published 24 February 2016

In Nevada, Donald Trump remains the frontrunner as Republican voters head to caucus locations across the state.

Trump has had double digit leads in every recent public poll, and his campaign events have been attended by thousands. The caucuses started at 5 p.m. PT, and the results won't come in until after caucusing ends at 9 p.m. PT. Caucusing is relatively new in Nevada, and in 2012 when Mitt Romney won, only 8 percent of the state's GOP electorate caucused.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.