CPAC’s 2024 Straw Poll: Trump 59%, DeSantis 28%

NBC News reports:

Former President Donald Trump overwhelmingly won a straw poll at the nation’s top conservative conference Sunday, another sign of his continued dominance in the GOP. Trump received 59 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s non-scientific straw poll, long considered an early measure of popularity of Republican presidential hopefuls.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who consistently trails Trump in national GOP presidential surveys, came in second to Trump in the CPAC straw poll, earning 28 percent support, about 7 points higher than last year. The conference was held in DeSantis’ home state, where he remains popular within his party. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came in a distant third, at 2 percent.

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.@CPAC straw poll results:

– Trump 59%
– Desantis 28%
– Pompeo 2%
– Noem 1%
– Paul 1%
– Pence 1%
– Haley 1%
– Youngkin 1%
– Scott 1%

No one else hit 1%#CPAC #CPAC2022 #CPACFlorida #CPAC22

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) February 27, 2022

Absolutely zero surprises from the CPAC issues straw poll but it is interesting to see the primary candidate straw poll results are worse for Trump and better for DeSantis relative to how it was at CPAC Dallas, where Trump won by a landslide. pic.twitter.com/FJHCghiGN2

— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) February 27, 2022