Coming off his decisive win in Nevada, Donald Trump will likely enjoy a special advantage in regards to winner-take-all Republican races going forward. The handful of states with pure winner-take-all allocation rules all hold their primaries relatively late in the lineup, too late for Trump's challengers to use them to play catch-up in the delegates game.
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