Noem and Ramaswamy top CPAC straw poll on who should be Trump’s VP pick - BBC News

As Kristi Noem and Vivek Ramaswamy top a straw poll of conservative activists, we assess all the pitches.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024By Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentWith the Republican primary nomination drained of much of its drama, political conversation on the right is shifting to who the clear front-runner, Donald Trump, might pick as his vice-presidential running mate.

It certainly was a topic of conversation at Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, over the past four days. Attendees at the annual gathering of right-wing activists, lobbyists and businesses - dominated in recent years by the Trump faithful - cast ballots in a straw poll for who should share the Republican ticket in November.

The results, which included 17 possible candidates, were announced on Saturday night:

Five of the top six vote-getters addressed the Cpac audience on Thursday and Friday in what became a de facto auditioning session for the number-two nod. Mr Scott, considered to be one of the leading contenders, was campaigning for Mr Trump in his home state of South Carolina, which held its Republican primary on Saturday, and didn't make the trip to the convention.

Here's a look at how some of the vice-presidential aspirants made their pitch at CPAC, and how they were received.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68388154

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