From Politics Daily:
For the second successive year, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won the presidential straw poll conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, capturing 30 percent of the vote.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts was second in the straw poll with 23 percent of the vote, Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio announced at the conference in Washington held by the American Conservative Union. The others on the ballot finished far behind.
The straw poll covers more than preference for president. It also asks questions about issues. Fabrizio said the No. 1 concern of participants in the straw poll was " the size of government and the role government has in your life."
One question asked participants to choose among three statements to represent their "core beliefs and ideology."
Eighty-four percent chose "My most important goal is to promote individual freedom by reducing the size and scope of government and its intrusion into the lives of citizens."
Nine percent selected "My most important goal is to promote traditional values by protecting traditional marriage and protecting the life of the unborn."
And 6 percent chose "My most important goal is to secure and guarantee American safety at home and abroad regardless of the cost or the size of government."
2 comments:
I laud their concern for limiting government's intrusion on our freedoms, but I have to wonder how many of these freedom-living conservatives also support such anti-freedom measures as banning gay marriage and abortion?
It was less than 10% that considered that a core ideology.
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