Vice President J.D. Vance is the overwhelming favorite to be the 2028 GOP presidential nominee, according to a straw poll conducted at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
“Sixty-one percent of CPAC’s 1,022 attendees said they would support Vance as the future GOP standard bearer,” The Hill noted.
12 percent said they would support Steve Bannon, while seven percent voted for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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From The Hill:
The same poll unsurprisingly showed Trump with a 99 percent approval rating with the staunchly pro-Trump crowd, with 95 percent saying they strongly approved.
Vance was the first speaker at this year’s CPAC, while Trump is set
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