| − | '''CPAC''', Conservative Political Action Conference, has traditionally been the largest annual gathering of [[conservatives]], but consisting of overwhelmingly male college students. CPAC historically met in Washington, D.C., in February or March, with exceeding 10,000 in attendance. CPAC outgrew the largest hotels in D.C., and in 2014 through 2017 convened in the massive Marriott Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, Maryland. But in recent years CPAC has been dominated by impostors who are not really conservative, and [[Donald Trump]] even canceled his appearance at CPAC in early March 2016 to avoid a [[Leftist]]-type walkout plot against him. | + | '''CPAC''', Conservative Political Action Conference, is a predominantly libertarian conference consisting of overwhelmingly white male college students, many of whom attend for free or at heavily discounted rates. CPAC historically met in Washington, D.C., in February or March, with attendance increasing beyond 10,000. CPAC outgrew the largest hotels in D.C., and in 2014 through 2017 convened outside of D.C. in the massive Marriott Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, Maryland. In recent years CPAC has been dominated by impostors who are not really conservative, and [[Donald Trump]] even canceled his appearance at CPAC in early March 2016 to avoid a [[Leftist]]-type walkout plot against him. CPAC has largely abandoned its tradition of being the largest annual gathering of [[conservatives]]. |
| | Students for Life is largest annual conservative conference that has balance between men and women in attendance. It sells out with its annual conference of 2000 in D.C., around the time of the [[March for Life]]. It also succeeds without the libertarian and big money dominance that increasingly plagues CPAC. But CPAC does remain a good counterweight to the [[neocons]] who dominate the [[Fox News Channel]]. | | Students for Life is largest annual conservative conference that has balance between men and women in attendance. It sells out with its annual conference of 2000 in D.C., around the time of the [[March for Life]]. It also succeeds without the libertarian and big money dominance that increasingly plagues CPAC. But CPAC does remain a good counterweight to the [[neocons]] who dominate the [[Fox News Channel]]. |