Vice President JD Vance won the Straw vote for the 2028 Republican presidential candidate at the Conservative Conference of Political Action (CPAC) this week, beating former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis It received a large number of votes.
The poll was shared by former White House press secretary Shaun Spicer at X when asked participants at CPAC who will vote in the upcoming GOP presidential primary.
Vance, former US Senator of Ohio and author of New York Times Bestseller Memoirs Hillbilly Elegycame to the top with 61% of votes.
The runner-up was Bannon, the host of The Warroom Shows 12% of votes.
DeSantis, former Trump enemy in the 2024 election trail, received just 7%.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) earned 3%, with Donald Trump Jr., director of national intelligence Tarsi Gabbard and former presidential candidate for 2024 Alli Vivek Ramaswamy each scored 2%.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) each won 1% of the vote.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) was also a straw voting option, but he didn't get a vote. 4% of participants in the meeting remained “undecided.”
President Donald Trump was favoured to win the 2024 GOP nomination in the 2023 CPAC Straw Voting. Heartbeat DeSantis with an astounding 40 points.
The CPAC straw vote results “one of the most viewed moments in Republican turmoil,” with “politicians, fundraisers and media as a barometer for conservative moods that are closely followed. Masu”, New York PostJohn Levine I wrote it.
Polls have shown that virtually all attendees have been fully boarded Trump's actions since re-enrolled in January, with 99% of participants saying “President Donald Trump's first few weeks in modern conservatives.” “In my lifetime” – 94% say they “strongly agreed.”
In another question asking attendees whether Trump and the Government Efficiency (DOGE) should be allowed to manage funds for federal agencies rather than Congress, 89% of the time were sided with the Trump administration.
