GRAPEVINE, Texas – U.S. Vice President JD Vance was the Conservative Political Action Conference’s choice this year to be the next Republican nominee for U.S. president, according to a straw poll released on Saturday.
About 53% of the more than ?1,600 attendees who voted in the poll chose Vance. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came in ?second with 35% ?at CPAC, a key annual gathering for Republican lawmakers, activists and presidential hopefuls.
CPAC, ?which is holding this year’s event in Grapevine, Texas, draws heavily from the Republican Party’s conservative wing. Its annual straw poll is not necessarily a reliable predictor of the eventual nominee.
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