CPAC Straw Poll Results

Human Events ^ | 02/12/2011 | John Hayward

[speciallybland]

The results of the CPAC straw poll of presidential candidates are in, and the winner is Ron Paul, with 30% of the vote. Mitt Romney was the runner-up with 23%, and all other candidates tied with about 6% each.

84% of the voters identified themselves as fiscal conservatives, placing their highest priority on economic growth and restraining the growth of government.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks speciallybland.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks speciallybland.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

A lot of people just haven’t attended this year. Liberal Romney voters & Ron Paul nutballs only.

FUJPAC.

[prisoner6]

We shall see. The future of The Republic hangs in the balance.

[mountainlion]

So what does CPAC stand for and what does the organization stand for? I got gray hair and forget.

[Brilliant]

I’m not a Ron Paul fan, but I may be forced to vote for him this time around if they don’t give me a choice of a genuine conservative who I think can win. I don’t think that Ron Paul can win, but he’s got a better chance than the few conservatives on the list now.

[Rational Thought]

Well, I guess there’s little need of holding any primaries then.

[GeronL]

**sigh**

So predictable. Wait, we did predict it.

[truthfreedom]

I think I heard it was the largest attendence ever.

[hinckley buzzard]

Winner Ron Paul, runner-up Mitt Romney.

And people here get in a lather about this organization, and what it does, and who shows up.

Get a life people, CPAC is so meaningless.

[Jim Robinson]

God, family, country conservatives do not attend “gay” parties.

[Grunthor]

Okay so Romney won. It’s CPAC, IOW it doens’t matter.

[mnehring]

I wouldn’t be surprised, Paul’s campaign for liberty gave some major discounts on tickets and helped fly and bus in college kids and assorted tards.

[GlockThe Vote]

Ron Paul is way better than Huck and Mitt.

I like his son better though.

[mnehring]

Paul, Huck, and Mitt- isn’t that like saying who is smarter, Larry, Moe, or Curley?

[Grunthor]

Damned straight.

[truthfreedom]

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/02/11/cpac-straw-poll-not-predictive-of-eventual-nominee

CPAC 2011 is expected to have record attendance, and one reason is the movement’s growing youth contingent; 54 percent of the voters in last year’s straw poll were between the ages of 18 and 25.

[GlockThe Vote]

At this point I will vote for Madoff/Vandersloot in 2012 if forced to.

[rob777]

"I think I heard it was the largest attendence ever."


Yes, I think it was around 11,000. I may not like all the decisions they are making, but they are hardly irrelevant.