Dallas, Texas - A recent poll conducted during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference asked MAGA voters if they preferred JD Vance or Marco Rubio to succeed President Donald Trump and run for president in 2028.

On Saturday, the final day of the four-day event, organizers announced that Vance had come out on top at 53% in a straw poll that asked the 1,600 respondents who they wanted to be the party's next presidential candidate, per The Hill.

Rubio trailed in second at 35%, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis followed at 2%.

The results mark a notable shift from a poll a year earlier, where Vance sat at 61%, while Rubio was towards the lower end with only 3%.

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While the party has leaned toward Vance since Trump's return to office, Rubio has rapidly been gaining attention, including from the president himself, who joked last month that he almost fired Rubio for outshining him.

CPAC pitched the polls as a counter to the narrative that the Republican Party and Trump's MAGA base are fractured on various issues.

One organizer claimed other results couldn't be trusted because they let users "vote multiple times," while another claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on-site during the CPAC vote, adding, "There's nothing wrong with that."

The New York Times commented that the poll "is unscientific and has not historically been a strong predictor of whom Republican voters will ultimately back in a contested primary."