It’s Over: Pence Just Got Some Really Bad News

Former Vice President Mike Pence received some terrible news that could derail his plans to run for President.

This devastating news comes after Pence’s embarrassing incident where he was booed and heckled by an audience of conservatives.

The news is so bad, in fact, that his dreams of winning the White House might already be over.

What happened?

Over the weekend, a conservative conference called The Western Conservative Summit was held in Denver, Colorado.

No, Pence did not get booed again. This is much worse:

Participants at the summit voted in a straw poll about several important topics for conservatives, including their preferred candidate in the 2024 presidential race.

DeSantis narrowly beat out Trump as the most popular Republican for 2024.

In-person attendees and online participants were asked about their approval of a field of 31 potential presidential candidates for 2024. DeSantis topped the list with a 74.12% approval rating, followed by Trump at 71.43%. DeSantis and Trump are far-and-away the top two candidates as the third-place finisher – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) – only captured a 42.86% approval rating, according to the Daily Wire. Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo surprised at fourth, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) rounded out the top five.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem came in sixth, followed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Donald Trump Jr., and former Vice President Mike Pence, who was booed and called a “traitor” at a conservative conference last week, came in 10th place.

It should be noted that the straw poll allowed participants to select as many candidates as they wanted.

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1. Ron DeSantis — 74.12%
2. Donald Trump — 71.43%
3. Ted Cruz — 42.86%
4. Mike Pompeo — 39.35%
5. Tim Scott — 35.58%
6. Kristi Noem — 29.92%
7. Tom Cotton — 29.92%
8. Rand Paul — 27.76%
9. Donald Trump Jr. — 24.8%
10. Mike Pence — 21.56%

Keep in mind, the Western Conservative Summit poll doesn’t have a stellar reputation for predicting future presidents.

However, this is not a good poll result for Mike Pence. Finishing in tenth place behind Rand Paul, Tom Cotton and even Mike Pompeo isn’t a good look.

There is a long primary campaign ahead, so we will see how long Pence hangs in there.

Considering Pence has not officially declared his candidacy for POTUS yet, he could simply never declare he’s running, which might save himself from embarrassing moments like these conservative poll numbers.