CPAC’s annual straw poll showed that 53% of the more than 1,600 people who were surveyed selected Vance as their preferred choice for president, marking the second straight year the vice president has dominated the survey.
But 35% said they wanted Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be their 2028 candidate. No other candidate received a double-digit response in the survey.
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This marks a significant increase for Rubio from last year’s straw poll, which showed just 3% preferred him as the 2028 candidate. Then, 61% wanted Vance as their candidate.
The straw poll also showed that Rubio is the favorite member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet at 60%, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth coming in at second place at 35%.
Neither Rubio nor Vance attended this year’s CPAC. But several attendees at the conference told the Washington Examiner they were impressed with the secretary of state’s handling of several issues, including
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