Stare directly at this:
This was one of the categories on Turning Point USA's straw poll at this week's AmericaFest conference. Blake Neff is the producer of "The Charlie Kirk Show" and wanted to unpack what conservatives are thinking about as we end the year.
Because the type of person who buys a ticket to AmericaFest is a staunch conservative (minus the far-left protesters who spent all weekend screaming into the sky outside the conference), this poll might be the most accurate at showing the state of conservatism outside the poo-flinging free-for-all we call "social media."
The poll showed that JD Vance is wildly popular - so popular, in fact, that he is clearly the forerunner among American conservatives heading into the 2028 election.
JD had 84.2% of the vote, Marco Rubio had 4.8%, and Ron DeSantis had 2.9%. Ted Cruz, who is reportedly considering another run, had 0.3%.
Next up, Pam Bondi is the only member of Trump's Cabinet to have significant disapproval, likely due to her handling of the Epstein Files, her failure to indict, well, pretty much anyone, and her comments about "hate speech."
The officials with the highest approval rating inside the Cabinet are Health Sec. RFK Jr. (96.8%), War Sec. Pete Hegseth (94.7%), State Sec. Marco Rubio (92.9%), Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem (90.1%), Transport Sec. Sean Duffy (83.4%), and Health Sec. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent (82.2%).
While social media would have you believe that conservatism is tearing itself apart over the modern nation-state of Israel, the poll showed that's not true at all.
Among conservative's top concerns are election integrity, midterms, affordability of homes and groceries, mass deportations, accountability for deep state lawfare (*cough Pam Bondi *cough), creating jobs, and lowering crime.
They are least concerned about redistricting and Ukraine (the thing Congress was obsessed with for over 2 years).
This next part I'll put in all-caps.
NINETY PERCENT ENDORSED A TOTAL SHUTDOWN OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE TIME BEING.
The Trump admin should probably pay attention.
I'll end with a Charlie tweet, because there's a Charlie tweet for everything.
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