So Much for President Trump being a has-been; CPAC attendees have their straw poll say

This weekend has been the annual meeting of the American Conservative Union: CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference).  With all kinds of races gearing up for both 2022 and 2024, CPAC had its famous straw poll.  Sure, it’s early for 2024 elections but it does give an indication where Conservative grassroots’ heads are at (or is that hearts?) for who should be the next Republican nominee for President as well as a few other issues.

Certainly, it is not a scientific poll – these people are the “hardcore of the Conservative movement” (with Netroots being the Socialist / Progressive version) who pay to travel and stay at the conference, they are “self-selected”.  However, given that they are “influencers and thought leaders” in their local communities, it does hold a bit of weight and will be followed by a humongous number of others all over the nation.

Aggregated from PJ Media:

• Everyone in attendance at the conference — attendees, press, and participants — was invited to vote in the straw poll: over 2,500
• 97% approve of President Trump.
• 99% disapprove of President Biden, with 98% strongly disapproving.
• Most important issues facing America: Election integrity and border security
• 61% saw Biden’s incompetence as the greatest threat to America’s safety and national security (and the other 39%????).
• Presidential primary if it were held today:
  • Donald Trump – clear winner with 59%
  • Ron DeSantis  – second at 28%.

If nothing else, people who like Trump LOVE Trump and are true loyalists.  That said, I thought this was interesting:

When Trump was removed from the ballot, DeSantis ran away with it with 61% of the vote. The rest of the candidates didn’t come close, with the next highest candidates garnering a mere 6% of the vote.

That’s a “wow!” moment – 6%, that’s it?  With a number like that, it’s giving that old saw “Second place is first loser” big time.

And there you have it. For all those, on both the Left and the Right, that think that Trump’s time was over the minute that Biden took his oath of office, this may be a wake-up call.