Trump supporters erupted in outrage this week after receiving their ballots for the Nevada Republican presidential primary election. They believed the lack of Republicans on the ballot was evidence of Democratic meddling when it was actually due to the Republican Party deciding to hold its own primary, separate from the state-run one.
Outrage
This week, ballots went out to voters in Nevada for the presidential primaries. Rules differ from state to state, and Nevada’s is particularly confusing.
Double system
On Feb 6, the state will hold its primary. Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Mike Pence are among the people who are participating.
Separate primary
However, the Republican Party opted to run its own primary, which will take place two days later. This election will ask voters to choose between Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, and Ryan Binkley.
The reasoning
The Nevada Republican Party chose to have its own primary so that it could exercise total control over the procedure. However, because more than one candidate has filed, state law dictates that a state-run primary must also be held. Only the party-run primary is binding.
The simple option
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party opted just to use the state-run primary.
Mistaken anger
The situation resulted in voters receiving their state-run primary ballots, which excluded Trump, DeSantis, and others, and mistakenly believing that these candidates had been removed from the primary race altogether.
Taking to the internet
“What do you do when your county disenfranchises you and your candidate?” one user on X, formerly Twitter, asked. “Where would you write in the name [if] they don’t allow write ins?”
Outrage
“Why is my official primary mail in ballot missing a certain DONALD J TRUMP?” another user, whose bio included the phrase “ULTRA MAGA,” asked.
Blame the blue
Some disgruntled MAGA voters believed the Democratic Party had somehow had the missing candidates excluded from the primary. “The only way Democrats can win is by cheating,” one user wrote.
Education efforts
In October, a senior figure in the Nevada Republican Party told ABC News that the group was “gonna continue our voter education program … I think we’ll be able to get the word out to everybody.”
More effort needed
That program clearly hadn’t reached everyone by the time ballots were posted, however. “This is criminal,” one user commented alongside a picture of the state-run ballot, wondering why Trump, DeSantis, and Ramaswamy were missing. “We cannot allow this to stand.”
Actual removal
Trump has legitimately been removed from the primary ballot in two states, Maine and Colorado, which both ruled him ineligible due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. According to the prosecution’s argument, Trump’s actions during the Jan 6 insurrection bar him from holding office.
Still in the lead
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Similar lawsuits are in process in other states. Nevertheless, Trump continues to enjoy a commanding lead in polling over his opponents, with FiveThirtyEight estimating his support among primary voters at over 61%.
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