Donald Trump’s Nevada win puts him in pole position for Super Tuesday presidential primaries race

DONALD Trump has won a third back-to-back contest in the race to the White House, giving his campaign a boost ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday contests next week.

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DONALD Trump has won a third back-to-back contest in the race to the White House, giving his campaign a boost ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday contests next week.

The sweeping win in the Nevada caucuses shows the breadth of Trump’s appeal: he won in previously untested demographics and proved his ability to command a traditional ground-game caucus after losing in Iowa.

Trump smashed his rivals with a double digit win that was hovering around 40 per cent of the vote as the race was called.

In the first primary race to truly test Republican Hispanic voting intentions, Trump won about 44 per cent of the demographic despite his controversial build-a-wall policy.

THANK YOU NEVADA! WE WILL MAKE AMERICA SAFE & GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/ClAnLIg0AD pic.twitter.com/zVvyVCIaD4

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2016

The figure, from CNN entrance polling, came with a 10-point margin of era, however will be seized on by the Trump camp, who have continuously claimed the billionaire enjoyed great support among Hispanics.

In early polling, he was also doing well with Mormon voters.

He has now won three out of four states and will contest Super Tuesday — the biggest voting day in the primaries race — next week as the clear favourite.

“A couple of months ago we weren’t expected to win this one. Of course if you listen to the pundits we weren’t expected to win too much, and now we’re winning the country,” Trump declared claiming victory.

Make sure you get on the Trump line and are not mislead by the Cruz people. They are bad! BE CAREFUL.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2016

Trump had permeated Nevada in the lead up to the vote, where he is of high standing partly because of his business dealings in Vegas.

Even volunteers showed up to caucuses wearing the billionaire’s trademark “Make America Great Again” merchandise.

While some complained about the infiltration of campaign material to precinct volunteers, the Nevada GOP confirmed it was not against the rules for volunteers to wear campaign gear.

A tight fight played out between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio for second place, just as it did in South Carolina at the weekend.

.@realDonaldTrump, showing class & grace, calls me a "soft weak little baby." Hope he doesn't try to eat me! https://t.co/bv9ID4lEhF

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 24, 2016

Rubio again had a grip on second place with 24 per cent to Cruz’s 21 per cent.

The stakes for second place in this race couldn’t be higher.

Establishment figures growing nervous about an eventual Trump candidacy are hoping the second place getter can unify all of the non-Trump votes and challenge his dominance.

This would require the other contenders to drop out, and most of their supporters to flow to someone other than Trump.