Nevada: rival primary and caucuses ensure confusion … and a Trump win

Nikki Haley is competing in the just the primary, but only the caucuses award delegates for the Republican presidential nomination

When Nevada Republicans started receiving their mail-in ballots for the state's 6 February primary, Nikki Haley's name was on them, but a key person was missing: Donald Trump. It's not an accident.

Instead of appearing on the primary ballot in the key swing state, Trump is participating in the separate Republican caucuses to take place two days after the primary, on 8 February. Haley isn't participating in those caucuses. The bizarre set-up means that Nevada Republicans will be asked to vote in a primary on 6 February and then in caucuses two days later to choose their party's nominee. Only the caucuses will determine how Nevada's 26 delegates are awarded at the Republican national convention.