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If ever you hear some media talking head saying that the CPAC straw poll winner is a frontrunner...
They're spewing complete and utter bullshit.
Frankly, I'd love for the winner of that idiotic straw poll get a wing nut crown:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/cpac-straw-poll-results-2015-20150226
HERE'S HOW LIKELY IT IS FOR CPAC STRAW-POLL WINNERS TO BECOME GOP NOMINEES
The winner of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll usually ends up drawing the shortest straw. But in CPAC's 41-year history, only three poll winners have gone on to become Republican presidential nominees.
CPAC has recorded results for only 20 polls in that time (the outcomes of the others, if they happened, have been lost to history, according to a CPAC spokesman). But a 3-in-20 success rate shows that the straw polls are usually not a reliable predictor of who will nab the GOP nomination. Presidential hopefuls who did capture it—Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney—did so after triumphing in CPAC polls during election years. So for a more compelling prediction of the next conservative candidate for the White House, let's wait for the 2016 straw poll.
HERE'S HOW LIKELY IT IS FOR CPAC STRAW-POLL WINNERS TO BECOME GOP NOMINEES
The winner of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll usually ends up drawing the shortest straw. But in CPAC's 41-year history, only three poll winners have gone on to become Republican presidential nominees.
CPAC has recorded results for only 20 polls in that time (the outcomes of the others, if they happened, have been lost to history, according to a CPAC spokesman). But a 3-in-20 success rate shows that the straw polls are usually not a reliable predictor of who will nab the GOP nomination. Presidential hopefuls who did capture it—Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney—did so after triumphing in CPAC polls during election years. So for a more compelling prediction of the next conservative candidate for the White House, let's wait for the 2016 straw poll.
Let's see who the next loser is.
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