Former President Donald Trump handily won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll. The annual CPAC straw poll serves as a barometer as to potential presidential candidates.
Before Trump delivered his speech on Sunday afternoon at CPAC in Florida, the results of the straw poll were released.
Of the CPAC attendees, 62% said election integrity was the most important issue, followed by 48% who said constitutional rights were of the utmost importance, 35% declared immigration was their top priority, and 32% said reopening the economy was most important issue to them.
As for the direction of the Republican Party, a whopping 95% of conservatives at the political convention want to continue with Trump’s issue agenda and policies going forward.
Trump’s presidential job approval was 97% with the CPAC crowd, including 87% who strongly approved of the former president’s job while he was in the White House.
There were 68% of CPAC attendees who said Trump should run for president in 2024. If Trump was elected as president in 2024, he would be 78-years-old, the same current age as President Joe Biden.
The CPAC straw poll found that Trump was the overwhelming favorite candidate in 2024 at 55%. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the runner-up at 21%, followed by Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at 4%, and Nikki Haley at 3%.
The CPAC straw poll asked who is their preferred presidential candidate if Trump doesn’t run, and DeSantis was the overwhelming favorite with 43% of the vote, making him a potential heir apparent to Trump. Noem came in second at 11%, followed by Donald Trump Jr. at 8%, Mike Pompeo with 7%, Ted Cruz at 7%, Tucker Carlson capturing 3%, Josh Hawley snagging 3%, and Ivanka Trump at 3%.
At the 2016 CPAC, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the straw poll with 40% of the vote, followed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Trump, who canceled his appearance at the convention, finished third with 15% of the votes.
Watch @JMcLaughlinSTK announce the results of the #CPAC2021 Straw Poll. #AmericaUnCanceled https://t.co/8TuN2bjXjm
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DeSantis delivered his CPAC speech on Friday, where he hit on immigration, big tech censorship, and election security.
“Florida’s leading on the issues that matter to conservatives,” DeSantis said. “We don’t spout hollow rhetoric. We take decisive action.”
“We cannot, we will not, go back to the days of the failed Republican establishment of yesteryear,” the Florida governor proclaimed. “We reject open borders and instead support American sovereignty and the American worker. Building a movement on amnesty and cheap foreign labor is like building a house on a field of quicksand.”
Ron DeSantis CPAC 2021: “Can’t Cancel America” Florida Governor takes on media and democrats
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Long live conservitive ideals. If the democrats continue with their agenda the United States will soon enter history as a failed experiment in democracy! This is a serious threat. The possible implosion of this great but not perfect country is on the near horizon.
We cannot continue on the path that is being set by Biden and Harris with their corruption and fraud. Also the democrats shadow government is destroying our country. It needs to be removed sooner than later.. We are not going to accept Socialism or Communism. We are American citizens and plan to remain American citizens 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 WE DO NOT PLAN TO GIVE UP OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Tucker Carlson and Sidney Powell are my favorites. I place high values on ‘Intelligence’ and ‘Drive.’
Not surprised DeSantis ranked so highly. I mean, he’s been a bulldog. And when they tried to smear him, he dished out the Truth, exposing their lies.
I’m trying to escape a Blue State now, and if my immediate family wasn’t in Kansas, I’d gladly consider starting over in Florida. At least the sanity levels there would be higher than any blue state!
Actions speak so I can agree with DeSantis and Noem. Anyone seriously talking about Haley needs to actually look at what is going on in the world. She is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
“62% said election integrity was the most important issue…” YET! not a ONE will EVER DISCUSS HOW GOP VOTERS’ VOTES can ever be honestly tallied – AGAIN – RE: DOMINION MACHINES IN PLACE… Its called “glossing over the B.S.”!! and will NEVER BE ADDESSED AGAIN!!!
And VOTERS -apparently- jsut wont learn, will they! That GOP ALLLLL B.S.!!! A GAME – with VOTERS lives!!
HAH! BUT THIS GOP VOTER HAS LEARNED! “Fool me once…” (to those who have never heard this saying… KEEP SUPPORTING THE GOP, TRUMP! you wont ever figure it out anyway. Ignorance truly is Bliss!).
Im done… thx! May they ALL burn in HELL, where they belong – with TRAITOR TRUMP!