Virgin Islands back Bush

Miami - Mr George W. Bush easily won the Republican Party caucus on Saturday in the US Virgin Islands, where all of those vying…

Miami - Mr George W. Bush easily won the Republican Party caucus on Saturday in the US Virgin Islands, where all of those vying for the Caribbean territory's four delegate slots were committed to the Texas governor.

Residents of the islands, like other US territories, cannot vote in presidential elections.

Mr Bush also won nearly 93 per cent of the vote in Puerto Rico.

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