OXON HILL, md. — Ken tucky Sen. Rand Paul has won the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual presidential preference straw poll.
Pollsters announced Saturday afternoon that Paul won 26 percent of the votes in the annual survey, giving Paul his third consecutive win in as many years.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came in second, with 21 percent.
The three-day CPAC conference in suburban Washington draws many libertarian-leaning college students whose views and priorities differ significantly from the Republican party at large. But it is nonetheless seen as a barometer of certain conservative activists' early leanings.
Pollsters say just over 3,000 attendees voted. Nearly half were aged 25 or under.
Respondents said economic issues, like jobs and taxes, were most important to them in deciding whom to support as the Republican nominee for president in 2016.
Also Saturday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers addressed the convention the day after an intraparty fight led to the brink of a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. In her remarks, the Republican Conference chairwoman made no mention of the standoff that split conservatives from establishment Republican lawmakers.
McMorris Rogers was asked after the speech if the process would improve next week. "I don't think it will be any worse," she said.
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