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DALLAS – Former President Donald Trump convincingly received the 2024 GOP presidential nomination straw ballot on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) three-day gathering in Texas
Trump, who’s repeatedly teased making one other presidential run in 2024 to attempt to return to the White Home, captured 69% of ballots solid within the nameless on-line straw ballot, in line with outcomes introduced by CPAC on Saturday.
The help for the previous president, who stays the preferred and influential politician within the Republican Celebration and continues to play a kingmaker’s position in GOP primaries, is up from his 59% displaying within the nameless on-line straw ballot on the CPAC gathering in Orlando, Florida in February.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got here in second on the 2024 presidential nomination query, at 24%, down from his 28% displaying at CPAC in Orlando 5 months in the past.
2024 WATCH: CPAC ATTENDEES CHOOSE FAVORITE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AS TRUMP, DESANTIS REMAIN POPULAR
Former President Donald Trump speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on July 11, 2021. (Photograph by Andy JACOBSOHN / AFP) (Photograph by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
(Photograph by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
DeSantis has seen his reputation surge amongst Republican voters in his state and across the nation over the previous two and a half years, thanks largely to his relentless pushback towards COVID-19 restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic in addition to his aggressive actions within the tradition wars.
WHAT TED CRUZ, AT CPAC, TOLD FOX NEWS ABOUT 2024
Whereas DeSantis has repeatedly deflected discuss of a possible run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, political pundits view him as a possible White Home contender.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photograph
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The CPAC Texas straw ballot outcomes have been launched simply forward of the confab’s keynote speech by Trump. DeSantis, who appeared on the Orlando convention earlier this yr, didn’t attend the Texas gathering.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who spoke Friday on the convention, grabbed 2% help on the straw ballot poll. Nobody else among the many 21 names listed on the poll topped one p.c.
“President Trump stays essentially the most dominant power in American politics, and as yet one more ballot exhibits, it’s a actuality that may propel the expansion and success of the Republican Celebration via the Midterms and past,” Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich advised Fox Information after the outcomes have been launched.
The 2024 straw ballot additionally included a second checklist with out Trump. His title was changed by his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
DeSantis topped the second 2024 poll, at 65%. Donald Trump Jr. grabbed 8% help, with Cruz at 6% and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 5%. Nobody else topped two p.c on the second poll query.
The previous president’s robust efficiency on the unscientific survey comes as no shock. CPAC, lengthy the biggest and most influential gathering of conservative leaders and activists, has grow to be a Trumpfest since his 2016 presidential election victory.
In a separate query on whom CPAC attendees want to see as Trump’s operating mate in 2024 if he launches a marketing campaign, DeSantis grabbed 43% help, with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at 9%, and Pompeo at 7%.
Nobody else topped 4 p.c on the operating mate poll query.
Voting on the CPAC Texas straw ballot poll was solely open to attendees of the confab, with voting as soon as once more carried out via the CPAC app.
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, mentioned “there’s an unbreakable bond between President Tump and the conservative motion. He merely did the issues he promised to do and for that they’re grateful.”
Veteran Republican pollster Jim McLaughlin advised Fox Information the CPAC straw ballot poll is “the final word barometer of what’s happening within the conservative motion.”
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McLaughlin and Associates, which carried out polling for Trump’s profitable 2016 election and unsuccessful 2020 re-election bid, as soon as once more oversaw the CPAC straw ballot.
McLaughlin, who’s been attending CPAC for many years, mentioned that “similar to again within the outdated days when Ronald Reagan outlined and was setting the tone for the conservative motion, it’s the identical factor proper now with Donald Trump.”
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DALLAS – Former President Donald Trump convincingly received the 2024 GOP presidential nomination straw ballot on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) three-day gathering in Texas
Trump, who’s repeatedly teased making one other presidential run in 2024 to attempt to return to the White Home, captured 69% of ballots solid within the nameless on-line straw ballot, in line with outcomes introduced by CPAC on Saturday.
The help for the previous president, who stays the preferred and influential politician within the Republican Celebration and continues to play a kingmaker’s position in GOP primaries, is up from his 59% displaying within the nameless on-line straw ballot on the CPAC gathering in Orlando, Florida in February.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got here in second on the 2024 presidential nomination query, at 24%, down from his 28% displaying at CPAC in Orlando 5 months in the past.
2024 WATCH: CPAC ATTENDEES CHOOSE FAVORITE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AS TRUMP, DESANTIS REMAIN POPULAR
Former President Donald Trump speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on July 11, 2021. (Photograph by Andy JACOBSOHN / AFP) (Photograph by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
(Photograph by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
DeSantis has seen his reputation surge amongst Republican voters in his state and across the nation over the previous two and a half years, thanks largely to his relentless pushback towards COVID-19 restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic in addition to his aggressive actions within the tradition wars.
WHAT TED CRUZ, AT CPAC, TOLD FOX NEWS ABOUT 2024
Whereas DeSantis has repeatedly deflected discuss of a possible run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, political pundits view him as a possible White Home contender.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photograph
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The CPAC Texas straw ballot outcomes have been launched simply forward of the confab’s keynote speech by Trump. DeSantis, who appeared on the Orlando convention earlier this yr, didn’t attend the Texas gathering.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who spoke Friday on the convention, grabbed 2% help on the straw ballot poll. Nobody else among the many 21 names listed on the poll topped one p.c.
“President Trump stays essentially the most dominant power in American politics, and as yet one more ballot exhibits, it’s a actuality that may propel the expansion and success of the Republican Celebration via the Midterms and past,” Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich advised Fox Information after the outcomes have been launched.
The 2024 straw ballot additionally included a second checklist with out Trump. His title was changed by his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
DeSantis topped the second 2024 poll, at 65%. Donald Trump Jr. grabbed 8% help, with Cruz at 6% and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 5%. Nobody else topped two p.c on the second poll query.
The previous president’s robust efficiency on the unscientific survey comes as no shock. CPAC, lengthy the biggest and most influential gathering of conservative leaders and activists, has grow to be a Trumpfest since his 2016 presidential election victory.
In a separate query on whom CPAC attendees want to see as Trump’s operating mate in 2024 if he launches a marketing campaign, DeSantis grabbed 43% help, with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at 9%, and Pompeo at 7%.
Nobody else topped 4 p.c on the operating mate poll query.
Voting on the CPAC Texas straw ballot poll was solely open to attendees of the confab, with voting as soon as once more carried out via the CPAC app.
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, mentioned “there’s an unbreakable bond between President Tump and the conservative motion. He merely did the issues he promised to do and for that they’re grateful.”
Veteran Republican pollster Jim McLaughlin advised Fox Information the CPAC straw ballot poll is “the final word barometer of what’s happening within the conservative motion.”
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McLaughlin and Associates, which carried out polling for Trump’s profitable 2016 election and unsuccessful 2020 re-election bid, as soon as once more oversaw the CPAC straw ballot.
McLaughlin, who’s been attending CPAC for many years, mentioned that “similar to again within the outdated days when Ronald Reagan outlined and was setting the tone for the conservative motion, it’s the identical factor proper now with Donald Trump.”
