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things there. reminding the american publicvan that hey listen, the cpac is still very much an important indication who have could be the next republican candidate for president of the unitedwbç states. john roberts is still standing by live. z year the participation is increased 20%, 3007 respondents driving home the point that do not sleep on cpac4ç/ and the results, that it couldw> reporter: i think it was also something to point out that 42% of the respondents were students as well which shows you how the demographic of cpac dri skew younger certainly a lot younger than the demographic here at the club for growth. i made the analogy earlier today that when you look at conservatives in the republicanfl)vz party, cpac is kind of the0 football game where everybody fills the stadium and they cheer for their favorite team. whereas here it s more like the owners all getting together.
i got to talk to rick perry. the top five things you want to accomplish out of the box? obviously the economic side of this is where you have to go first. you get the economics headed in the right direction. lower the corporate tax rate. not only does it give a clear incentive to invest in the united states or bring back that manufacturing that moved offshore but raises the wages for the workers. not just about the ceo and stockholder. about that blue collar worker that sees the jobs and wages going up in those jobs. obama basically accumulated as much debt as every president before him. we need to cut the spending and do it. we had two major downturns. 2003. eye 27 billion in 2011.
dr. carson received 11% of your vote this year. in third place, current u.s. senator ted cruz. that means we have a runner up and a winner. and this year they were separated by five points. very close this year for cpac straw poll. and actually, ladies and gentlemen, as you ll see, let me take your first choice and your second choice combined. they re separated by two points. i think is the cpac straw poll represents how fluid and open the race is. so the two winners matt is going to tell you the actual winner. i m going to tell you the first runner up and the winner. the two top vote getters were senator rand paul and governor
there you have it. a threepete. the winner of 2015 cpac straw poll, rand paul senator from kentucky. john roberts, if you re still there, you called it. you said that having 42% of the participants being students, younger demographic, you said that was a good sign for senator paul. reporter: yep. certainly. but it was kind of as easy as picking secretary for the triple crown. in fact, i just got a note from sergio says this is the triple crown, third win in a roam senator paul says quote, i am humbled by the enthusiastic support and encouragement i received this week at the conference. our party is filled with constitutional conservatives who have chosen to stand with me for a third consecutive straw poll victory. since president ronald reagan, the conservative political action conference has been the gold standard on where conservatives stand, the