page_title: Draft Ron Paul movement
section_title: 2010 CPAC Straw Poll
hierarchical_section_title: Draft Ron Paul movement / 2012 elections / 2010 CPAC Straw Poll
caption_attribution_description: English: Texas Congressman Ron Paul at CPAC in Washington, D.C..
context_page_description: The Draft Ron Paul movement refers to any of several grassroots efforts to convince United States Congressman Ron Paul of Texas to run for particular office, often president of the United States, as in the 2008 and 2012 elections.
context_section_description: Paul won the 2010 CPAC straw poll with the largest percentage ever by any candidate, placing well ahead of other speculated candidates, including Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty.
  Heavily speculated as a possible Republican candidate in the 2012 presidential election, Paul again appeared on the 2010 CPAC Straw Poll. Paul easily won the straw poll and defeated Mitt Romney, who had won the straw poll the previous three years. One possible explanation was that many Tea Party activists turned out at the conference. 54 percent of the participants were between the ages of 18 and 25.
caption: Ron Paul speaking at the 2010 CPAC.
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