Here are six takeaways from CPAC 2021:Trump devoted large portions of his speech, which lasted more than 90 minutes, to false claims about election fraud. Trump wins the straw poll, DeSantis secondThe results of the famed CPAC straw poll for the 2024 GOP nomination were announced Sunday afternoon. An informal and nonscientific survey, the CPAC straw poll can be a bellwether for the party -- or, more often, a show of organizing strength. In a second poll question that excluded Trump, DeSantis lapped the field in front of his home-state crowd in Orlando with 43% support. No one else topped 3% in either straw poll.

Source: The Nation March 01, 2021 01:52 UTC