GRAPEVINE, Texas ¨C 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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