A lot of people just haven’t attended this year. Liberal Romney voters & Ron Paul nutballs only.
FUJPAC.
I think I heard it was the largest attendence ever.
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.