ORLANDO, Fla. Former President Donald Trump in the results announced on Sunday won the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual straw with 55% of participants saying they would vote for him if the 2024 G24 by-election were to take place today. be.
Trump received 55% of the vote in the poll in which he was included, with the Florida government, Ron DeSantis, in second place at 21%.
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Strikingly, CPAC will be held in Orlando, Florida in 2021 due to coronavirus restrictions. Shortly before voting star Jim McLaughlin announced the outcome of the straw man, the ballroom erupted in cheers of the decision to hold CPAC in Florida.
CPAC also conducted a poll without Trump. DeSantis won the poll with 43% of the vote, followed by the South Dakota government, Kristi Noem, with 11% and Donald Trump Jr. by 8%.
President Donald Trump holds his face mask while standing on the Blue Room balcony after his return to the White House on Monday, October 5, 2020 in Washington, after visiting the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, MD (AP Photo / ) leaves it. Alex Brandon)
Trump’s approval in the straw hat was 97%, and 87% said they strongly approve of Trump’s position as president. And 68% of the people at CPAC in the straw man said Trump should serve as president again.
The straw level is not a scientific poll. CPAC sold itself out ahead of time as a pro-Trump rally, so it is likely that the self-elected crowd is more pro-Trump than the Republican Party in general. There was even a gold statue of the former president, which was very much compared to an idol.
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U.S. Conservative Union President Matt Schlapp also said in an interview with Fox News last week that any Republican who wants to win the 2024 GOP nomination must now join Trump.
“Look, you’re not going to get the Republican nomination as a never-trucker,” Schlapp said. “If you’re not a strong Conservative, you’re not going to get the Republican nomination. It is therefore appropriate that it starts at CPAC. “
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Republicans who had a lot of criticism of the former president fared very poorly in the CPAC straw level. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan received 0.1%, while Senator Mitt Romney R-Utah received 0.3%.
95% of those who responded to the CPAC straw level noted that the IDP should continue with the Trump agenda. Only 3% said it should change direction.
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