[[Ted Cruz]] and [[Marco Rubio]] finished 1-2 in the straw poll for president at CPAC in 2016. [[Donald Trump]] finished in a distant third place, but then won the [[Republican]] nomination and the presidency. [[Ron Paul]] won the straw poll among attendees for president in 2012, but [[Mitt Romney]] came in a close second. Romney then won the Republican nomination for president but lost in the general election.
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[[Ted Cruz]] and [[Marco Rubio]] finished 1-2 in the straw poll for president at CPAC in 2016.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/ted-cruz-wins-cpac-straw-poll/2016/03/05/id/717646/</ref> [[Donald Trump]], who dropped out of the event at the last minute,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/politics/donald-trump-skipping-cpac/index.html</ref> finished in a distant third place, but then won the [[Republican]] nomination and the presidency. [[Ron Paul]] won the straw poll among attendees for president in 2012, but [[Mitt Romney]] came in a close second. Romney then won the Republican nomination for president but lost in the general election.