特朗普輕鬆贏得內華達州初選
Donald Trump has won a landslide victory in Nevada, giving the billionaire his third consecutive success in the Republican presidential race and providing him with another burst of momentum ahead of Super Tuesday on March 1.
唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在內華達州初選中贏得壓倒性勝利。這是這位億萬富翁在共和黨總統選戰中贏得的連續第三場勝利，令他的選舉勢頭在3月1日“超級星期二”之前得到又一次提振。
With 94 per cent of votes counted, the New York property mogul was set to win the western state easily, with 45.9 per cent of the vote according to the Associated Press. Marco Rubio (23.7 per cent) was narrowly ahead of Ted Cruz (21.5 per cent), as the freshman Cuban-American senators vie to become the main challenger to Mr Trump, the clear frontrunner.
這位紐約房地產大亨輕鬆拿下了內華達州，美聯社(Associated Press)數據顯示，他的得票率爲45.9%。佛羅里達州參議員馬爾科•魯比奧(Marco Rubio)得票率爲23.9%，再次擊敗得票率爲21.4%的得克薩斯州參議員特德•克魯茲(Ted Cruz)。這兩名資歷不深的古巴裔參議員正在爭奪特朗普主要挑戰者的位子。目前，特朗普遙遙領先於其他共和黨總統競選人。
“We love Nevada, we love Nevada, thank you,” Mr Trump told supporters in Las Vegas after the result became clear. “This is a great place. We will be celebrating for a long time tonight.”
投票結果明朗後，特朗普在拉斯維加斯對支持者們表示：“我們愛內華達，我們愛內華達，謝謝你們。這是個偉大的地方。我們今晚要好好慶祝一下。”
Mr Trump has now won back-to-back races in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, following his second-place finish to Ted Cruz in Iowa. His victory on Tuesday night comes one week before the crucial Super Tuesday contests when voters in 12 states, including a number in the southern Bible Belt, will cast their ballots.
在艾奧瓦州初選中排名第二（克魯茲第一）的特朗普，接連贏下新罕布什爾州、南卡羅來納州和內華達州的初選。他在週二晚獲勝一週後，將迎來關鍵的“超級星期二”，屆時將有12個州的選民參加投票，包括南部“聖經地帶”(Bible Belt)的幾個州。
In one of the most surprising developments in Nevada, NBC News exit polls found that Mr Trump had won 44 per cent of the Hispanic vote, compared with 29 per cent for Mr Rubio, a fluent Spanish speaker, and Mr Cruz on 18 per cent. Mr Trump has repeatedly claimed to have strong support from Hispanics despite his signature policy to deport 11m — mostly Mexican — illegal immigrants and to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. “Number one with Hispanics. I am really happy about that,” Mr Trump said in his victory speech.
NBC News的出口民調顯示，內華達州選情非常令人意外的一點是，特朗普贏得了44%的拉美裔選票，而說一口流利西班牙語的魯比奧才贏得29%，克魯茲則爲18%。特朗普多次聲稱自己得到拉美裔的強力支持，儘管他招牌性的政策是驅逐1100萬非法移民（主要爲墨西哥人）以及在美墨邊境修築一道牆。特朗普在獲勝演講中表示：“成爲拉美裔人民的頭號選擇，這讓我真的很開心。”
The Republican establishment is increasingly alarmed at the prospect of Mr Trump winning the GOP nomination because they fear his anti-immigration stance and xenophobic comments will make it difficult to win the general election. The projected size of his victory in Nevada will only exacerbate those concerns, as the party comes around to the growing likelihood that the New York mogul will become their nominee.
共和黨建制派越來越擔心特朗普可能會贏得共和黨總統候選人提名，他們害怕他的反移民立場和排外言論會令共和黨難以贏得大選。在共和黨逐漸意識到這位紐約大亨贏得提名的可能性越來越大之際，特朗普在內華達州的獲勝幅度只會加劇他們的這種擔憂。
