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Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll for Third Consecutive Year

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Getty 022815 RandPaul?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1425162179431Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — The Conservative Public Action Conference ended on Saturday, and the results of the event’s straw poll revealed that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul may have an edge as the 2016 election season nears.

After three days of speeches and jockeying, CPAC announced that Paul received support from 25.7 percent of voters — tops out of the 17 options voters were presented with. Paul had won CPAC’s straw poll the last two years as well.

More than 3,000 people participated in the straw poll, a more than 20 percent increase over last year’s figure.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (21.4 percent) was a close second place in the straw poll, with Texas Gov. Ted Cruz (11.5 percent), Dr. Ben Carson (11.4 percent) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (8.3 percent) rounding out the top five.

The poll aims to get in participants’ heads to determine the prospective candidate that they most favor to win the GOP nomination in the next presidential election.


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