After Donald Trump told us all about what he likes to do when popularity polls don’t favor him, CPAC organizers decided to stroke his ego a little bit and conduct one right in the Republican Party backyard by conducting a straw poll at CPAC. The result was nothing short of astounding — I mean expected… 98% of respondents gave Donald Trump a positive approval rating while 70% said they would pick this guy if the 2024 Republican presidential primaries were held today.
Even more disturbing is that 26% said they would choose Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) — A Donald Trump mini-me in a Republican Party presidential primary. So essentially these two have a 96% chance of being the party’s flag bearers come 2024 if they can hash out who is going to deputize the other.
Other Republican Party presidential hopefuls that featured in the poll were Rand Paul, Nikki Hailey, Ted Cruz, and Tucker Carlson who all received 1%. It was interesting that Tucker Carlson even after throwing his entire weight and then some behind Donald Trump, still couldn’t garner more than a percentage point. It looks like even…
