Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - The Republican National Committee (RNC) yakapa mitemo mitsva yakaoma kumatunhu anoda kuita makwikwi ekutanga muna 2016. Pasi pemitemo iyi, hapana nyika yaibvumidzwa kuita musangano wokutanga kana wekutanga muna Ndira; Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina neNevada chete ndivo vaiva nekodzero yemakwikwi aFebruary. Nyika dzine sarudzo dzokutanga kana kuti caucus pakutanga kwaMarch dzaifanira kugovera nhume dzadzo nenzira yakaenzana. Nyika ipi neipi ingadai yakatyora mitemo iyi yaifanira kuva nedare rayo kugungano ra2016
yakaderedzwa zvikuru: nyika dzine nhume dzinopfuura 30 dzaizova dzakarasikirwa nedzose kunze kwepfumbamwe, pamwe nenhengo dzeRNC dzinobva munyika iyoyo; nyika dzine vashoma pane 30 dzaizova dzaderedzwa kusvika ku6, pamwe nenhengo dzeRNC. Kusiyana nezvakaitika muna 2012, hapana nyika yakatyora mitemo iyi.