Former President Trump won a landslide victory in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll, hours before he was expected to handily defeat rival Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican primary. .
Trump defeated Haley 94 to 5%.
Saturday’s straw poll results were largely as expected, but they underscored the extent to which the Republican base is lining up behind the former president in the Republican race.
CPAC itself is primarily a coronation ceremony for President Trump, and has drawn an increasingly pro-Trump crowd in recent years.
Many of the former president’s allies, including one who has been floated as his running mate, will speak at this year’s CPAC, and CPAC attendees will enjoy President Trump’s signature cherry-red “Make America Great Again” They often wear hats and other Trump memorabilia.
In a nod to CPAC itself becoming an even more Trump-centric event, the conference also included a straw voting question asking Republican attendees who they wanted as the former president’s running mate.
The Straw poll results were released on the same day as the race for the Republican nomination in South Carolina, as Haley remains President Trump’s last viable Republican nominee. An average of South Carolina polls compiled by Decision Desk Headquarters and The Hill shows Trump leading Haley 63.3% to 34.7%, so Trump is expected to comfortably defeat Haley. ing.
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