DeSantis Wins 2024 CPAC Poll That Excludes Trump

The New York Times reports:

Nearly four months after he lost the 2020 election, Donald J. Trump was able to celebrate being a winner again on Sunday, after he captured the 2024 CPAC presidential straw poll, while Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida finished first in a second straw poll covering a field of potential candidates for the next election that did not include Mr. Trump.

The straw polls, conducted by secret ballot, reflected the views of current and former elected officials, activists, writers and others who attended the three-day conference — a group that, generally speaking, represents the far-right wing of the Republican Party and now includes a disproportionate number of Mr. Trump’s most passionate supporters.

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Least surprising news of day… Despite being a twice-impeached one-term president Trump wins CPAC straw poll. And 95 percent of conference attendees want his policies to continue. pic.twitter.com/dAhVmI7U6m

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 28, 2021

32% of CPAC attendees who participated in the straw poll do not want him to run for president again.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 28, 2021

Election Integrity was the issue a majority of CPAC attendees said was most important to them in a straw poll, followed by Constitutional Rights and Immigration.#CPAC2021 pic.twitter.com/oxZMmXFbxx

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 28, 2021

CPAC straw poll of potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates:

TRUMP: 55
DeSANTIS: 21
KRISTI NOEM: 4
NIKKI HALEY: 3 pic.twitter.com/AK0ktJ4YZ7

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021

CPAC straw poll on who they would like as 2024 nominee if Trump runs:
Trump 55
DeSantis 21
Noem 4
Haley 3
Pompeo 2
Cruz 2
Paul 2
Carlson 1

And if Trump doesn’t run: DeSantis: 43
Noem 11
Trump Jr 8
Pompeo 7
Cruz 7⁰Carlson 3

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 28, 2021