A new poll shows that Republicans want Vice President J.D. Vance to be the party's 2028 presidential candidate.

The Daily Mail reports that a clear majority - 61% - voted in Vance's favor.

This comes not long after President Donald Trump was asked by reporters about 2028. We'll get to that in a moment.

First, however, we will look at the poll's results.

A clear majority

The poll was taken at the recently held Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). There, those in attendance were asked whom they would want to see as the Republican Party's 2028 presidential candidate.

Vance received the overwhelming majority of the votes with 61. Just to show you how much Vance dominated, second place went to Steve Bannon, and he only managed to bring in 12% of the vote.

Also interesting is the fact that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) only managed to get third place, with 12% of the vote. What makes this particularly surprising is that DeSantis was Trump's main rival in the 2024 election, and many Republicans, at the time, argued that DeSantis's time would come in 2028.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and United Nations ambassador Elise Stefanik received a much smaller percentage of the vote.

As for why Vance won so easily, the man who ran the poll - Jim McLaughlin, suggested that it is because Vance is "viewed as the closet thing to Donald Trump." There is certainly some truth to that.

Trump weighs in

One of the big questions, looking forward, is what is going to happen to the Republican Party after Trump's four years in office are up. It has to be remembered that Trump already served a four-year term, so he is prevented from seeking reelection in 2028.

Trump was recently asked about the question - including whether he would like to, right now, throw his support behind Vance. Trump chose not to, saying, "No, but he's very capable."

As usual, some are trying to use this response to sow division between Trump and Vance, but neither Vance nor Trump is having any of it.

Trump made it clear that the only reason he is not throwing his support behind Vance is because it is simply way too early. After all, his administration really just got started, and a lot of things are going to happen between now and 2028, which may have a big effect on whom the Republicans choose to be their next presidential candidate.

Having said all of that, Vance is the early favorite, according to the CPAC poll.