The results are in from the 2015 CPAC convention straw poll, and it looks like RAND PAUL is the WINNER! His official response was “SUCK IT HATERS!” Oh wait, no that was a bad source, he didn’t say that. Probably.
Here are the full results from the Washington Times:
Percent Candidate
25.7 Sen. Rand Paul
21.4 Gov. Scott Walker
11.5 Sen. Ted Cruz
11.4 Dr. Ben Carson
8.3 Former Gov. Jeb Bush
4.3 Former Sen. Rick Santorum
3.7 Sen. Marco Rubio
3.5 Donald Trump
3.0 Carly Fiorina
2.8 Gov. Chris Christie
1.1 Former Gov. Rick Perry
0.9 Gov. Bobby Jindal
0.8 Former Gov. Sarah Palin
0.3 Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
0.3 Former Ambassador John Bolton
0.1 Sen. Lindsey Graham
0.1 Former Gov. George Pataki1.0 Undecided
0.7 Other(3,007 votes cast Feb. 25-27 at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Conducted by the Polling Company Inc./WomenTrend)
Here are some of the stats they put out at the announcement:
What CPAC most wants: a candidate who
1) Solid conservative 39%
2) can win blue states 11%
3) Exec experience 11%— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 28, 2015
Plurality of CPAC straw poll respondents were between 18-25 y/o, typical and sure to favor Rand Paul.
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) February 28, 2015
Previous CPAC straw poll winners
2005 Rudy
2006 George Allen
2007-09 Mitt
2010-11 Ron Paul
2012 Mitt
2013 Rand
2014 Rand#CPAC2015— Nu Wexler (@wexler) February 28, 2015
Only 37% of the 3,007 who voted in CPAC straw poll want illegal immigrants to be deported; 77% want Obama exec order defunded.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 28, 2015
3,007 votes were cast in the CPAC straw poll. Pollster Kellyanne Conway says that's 20 percent increase over last year's votes
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) February 28, 2015
Kellyanne Conway says 3,007 respondents voted in CPAC straw poll this year.
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) February 28, 2015