CPAC survey size: 2,395 people surveyed. Largest number of participants in CPAC history. Students represent 48%.
What Kind of Conservative Are You: 80% fiscal; 9% social; 7% foreign policy hawk
Barack Obama Job Approval: 98% disapprove; 2% approve.
Republicans in Congress Job Approval: 62% approve, 37% disapprove.
Glenn Beck (+/-): 70/27
Rush Limbaugh (+/-): 70/27
Mike Pence (+/-): 59/11
John Boehner (+/-): 56/21
Mitch McConnell (+/-):51/27
Michael Steele (+/-): 42/44
What Should Be The Top Priority of Republicans in Congress: 58% Cutting Federal Spending
2012 Presidential candidates: Ron Paul 31%, Mitt Romney 22%, Sarah Palin 7%, Tim Pawlenty 6%, Mike Pence 5%, Newt Gingrich 4%.
Demographics: 54% 18-24 years of age; 64% male, 30% female
CPAC straw poll updated here as they are announced!


































Hot Air » Blog Archive » Open thread: Glenn Beck keynotes CPAC; Update: CPAC straw poll won by … Ron Paul // Feb 20, 2010 at 5:46 pm
[...] came second with 22 percent and Palin finished third with seven percent. Yet another reminder that the wisdom of [...]
aDude // Feb 20, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Romney over Palin by 3 to 1? Yes, there is a God in Jerusalem…
Arch // Feb 20, 2010 at 11:44 pm
If Palin seriously wanted to run she should have been there, and for free.
Dan Pet // Feb 21, 2010 at 2:22 am
Just what Palin needs to do….hang out with all those hacks. Lets see how things go at the Southern Leadership Conference in April. She doesn’t need CPAC. She will be just fine.
Carney // Feb 22, 2010 at 9:43 am
I’m no Huckabee fan, but he’s right that economic conservatives have hijacked what’s meant to be a broad conservative-wide movement.
Mitt Romney talks about the three-legged stool of conservatism: but look at the radically disproportionate share the econo-cons constitute.
No wonder Ron “Surrender Now” Paul won the poll.