{"id":2269035,"date":"2024-06-16T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-wins-straw-poll-to-be-trumps-vp-pick-at-turning-point-action-conference\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T20:50:01","slug":"jd-vance-wins-straw-poll-to-be-trumps-vp-pick-at-turning-point-action-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-wins-straw-poll-to-be-trumps-vp-pick-at-turning-point-action-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance leads as Trump&#8217;s VP choice in Turning Point Action conference straw poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjd-vance-wins-straw-poll-to-be-trumps-vp-pick-at-turning-point-action-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2269035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator J.D. Vance won a straw poll at the Turning Point \u200bUSA Action\u2062 conference, indicating preference for him\u200d as former President Donald\u2064 Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a> in a future\u2064 election. Vance, representing Ohio as a Republican,\u2063 secured 43% of\u2063 the votes, significantly \u200boutpacing the second-place finisher, \u200cSenator Tim Scott from\u200d South Carolina, who received 15.4%. Senator Marco Rubio and Governor Doug Burgum followed with\u200b 7.7% \u200cand 7% respectively. The poll involved 1,986 attendees of \u200dthe conference, providing a snapshot of preferences among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom\/\" title=\"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom\">conservative activists<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance\">J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) won a straw poll at the Turning Point USA Action conference to be former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Vance won almost three times more votes than the next in line, with 43%, according to TPUSA head Charlie Kirk. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) won 15.4% of the vote, followed by Sen. Marco Rubio with 7.7%, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) with 7%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13535551\/jd-vance-vp-donald-trump-poll-burgum-scott.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">According to<\/a> the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>, 1,986 attendees of the conference were asked their preference.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, of Ohio, speaks to reporters, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at a town hall in Phoenix that was organized by the conservative youth organization Turning Point. The event marked former President Donald Trump\u2019s first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-view-host-compares-trump-protest-request-to-call-to-arms\/\" title=\"WATCH: The View host compares Trump protest request to 'call to arms'\">hush money scandal<\/a>. (AP Photo\/Ty O\u2019Neil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The survey was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1802411963542081939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conducted\">conducted<\/a> by Big Data Poll, run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWubnBV028_4rVoDPt7FpNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conducted\">Richard Barris<\/a>, also known as the People\u2019s Pundit.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to TPUSA for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk praised Vance as a perfect choice to be Trump\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has consistently been one of President Trump\u2019s most capable and articulate defenders and surrogates and he speaks right to the Midwest Americans who attended our Detroit conference,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are precisely the blue wall voters we need to win in November to reclaim the White House. His message and appeal clearly resonates with this critical voting bloc,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance gave the concluding speech of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Detroit<\/a> conference, at which he was asked by an audience member what a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> should do to push forward Trump\u2019s agenda. He said that a vice president should primarily show loyalty to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of smart good people that Trump is looking at, but it also applies to our senators. It applies to our congressmen and women, too,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWe need to have people who are supporting Trump, not trying to stab him in the back. It\u2019s very, very simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) topped a Turning Point USA Action straw poll as the favored vice presidential candidate for Donald Trump, securing 43% of votes. He led significantly over Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who received 15.4%, as announced by TPUSA&#8217;s Charlie Kirk. Vance&#8217;s support was nearly triple that of his closest competitor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2269036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24158753320979-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24158753320979-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}