Background photo via Amarillo Pioneer Staff, Trump photo via The White House
Donald Trump won the straw poll at the CPAC 2022 event in Dallas this weekend with 59% of the vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis earned second place with 24%. This follows a similar result to CPAC Florida earlier this year, with DeSantis earning 28% of the vote, though DeSantis’ performance was slightly weaker in this poll conducted outside of his home state. The number one issue was election integrity, and the number two issue was border security. Energy independence and constitutional rights were third and fourth.
Only 8% thought Joe Biden would be the next Democratic Nominee for president, third place behind Gavin Newsom and Michelle Obama and tied with Hillary Clinton.
Voting was open to attendees of the event. The full results for the candidate poll are available below:
Donald Trump: 59%
Nikki Haley: 1%
Ted Cruz: 2%
Rand Paul: 1%
Ron DeSantis: 24%
Kristi Noem: 1%
Mike Pompeo: 1%
No other candidates got 1 or more percent.
In a poll without Trump, DeSantis got 65%, with Donald Trump Jr getting 8%, Ted Cruz getting 6%, and Mike Pompeo getting 5%. No other candidates got 5 or more percent.
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