
CPAC straw poll reveals who conservatives believe will be 2028 presidential nominee
Fox News
Vice President JD Vance will be the GOP's presidential nominee in the 2028 election cycle, a straw poll conducted at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference found.
"JD Vance. And why? Because he's viewed as the closest thing to Donald Trump," McLaughlin added, he did not provide additional data on Vance's support among CPAC attendees.
Steve Bannon, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others were also viewed by the attendees as the potential Republican nominee behind Vance, the full CPAC straw poll results posted to X found.
The straw poll was conducted among more than 1,000 attendees of the conservative conference, which kicked off on Wednesday and wraps up on Saturday following President Donald Trump's planned speech.