Posted on 02/23/2025 8:34:31 PM PST by SoConPubbie
The poll, asking CPAC attendees who they would vote for in the next GOP presidential primary election, was shared by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on X:
Vance, a former U.S. senator from Ohio and author of New York Times bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, came out on top with 61 percent of the vote.
The runner-up was Bannon, host of the War Room show, with 12 percent of the vote.
DeSantis, a former Trump foe on the 2024 election trail, received just seven percent.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) both garnered three percent, while Donald Trump, Jr., Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and former 2024 presidential candidate-turned Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy each got two percent.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) each garnered one percent of the vote.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) was also a choice on the straw poll but received no votes, and four percent of the conference-goers remained “undecided.”
President Donald Trump was favored to win the 2024 GOP nomination in the 2023 CPAC straw poll, beating DeSantis by a staggering 40 points.
The results of CPAC’s straw polls are “one of the most watched moments of the Republican confab,” and are “followed closely by politicians, fundraisers and the press as a barometer of the mood of conservatives,” the New York Post‘s Jon Levine wrote.
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Unsurprising.
Vance is going to be tough to beat, but he will have challengers.
Rubio & DeSantis come to mind.
Best to focus on Midterms. If Jeffries is Speaker in Jan 2027 then guess who gets impeached in early 2027.
I think it’s annoying that this poll even exists at this point in the game. Do it in 2027. *eyeroll at CPAC*
Exactly and my fear is that the RNC chair Whatley is going to drop the ball. *Facepalm*
Rubio 2.0 is very different than Rubio 1.0
The thing is, I have not heard a better public speaker in politics currently than JD Vance. He gives very good speeches, he’s a formidable debater and he’s even better speaking off the cuff in interviews. DeSantis will have far more executive experience in 2028, and he has been the best governor in the nation, but he comes up far short in charisma and public speaking. Unless he spends the next four years making huge strides in 2028, the nominee will be Vance.
I can get behind that.
This is one reason why Trump is putting younger, smart people in these positions.
From what I’ve seen from Vance so far, I definitely agree
The Big Fight will be the Midterms in two years. The Dems will do anything to regain the House and with it hamstring Trump, and put his changes on permanent hold. If they do that—you will see more impeachments—of Trump’s Crew and Trump himself. They must or many Dems may well lose their power and cash. They did it all before. Americans have short memories. A single “Crisis” Riot or School shooting and the CNN will be hot again. A single scandal—even a fake manufactured one—will do the trick.
The #1 focus right now should be voter fraud. If that is not reined in, everything else is meaningless.
The same CPAC that threw out J6ers?
Steve Banon as Republican nominee?
Too early for this. However, I think that we can rule out Bannon, Stefanik, and Ramaswamy. Realistically Trump, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard as well.
Except for Nikki Haley, the remainder make up a pretty good and deep bench: Vance, DeSantis, Rubio, Sanders, Scott, Noem, and Abbott.
The Democrats could only hope to have as solid and deep a bench.
Karoline Leavitt would be a great VP!!!
Absolutely correct!
This is why Musk, with so much money & ineligible to run for Prez, is so popular with conservative political leaders. He is no threat to be a challenger for Prez. He is someone who can help them.
“Too early for this.”
I agree. I’m a huge fan of JDV, but the ‘28 primaries are 3 years away... which may as well be two decades away in terms of how different the political landscape may look by then. A lot can and will happen between now and then. The new cabinet is full of guys (and gals) who’d love to be president (and in some cases have already run).
Have to be 35
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