Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) ran a poll on the X platform on who should be the next Republican Senate leader and the results were overwhelming.
Ever a popular figure among the grassroots, Paul responded to calls and speculation that he runs to be the next Republican Senate leader to replace the outgoing Mitch McConnell, who will retire at the end of this year.
“Thousands of people have been asking if I’d run for Senate leadership…,” Paul wrote on X, followed up by a poll of three potential candidates.
Thousands of people have been asking if I’d run for Senate leadership…
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 8, 2024
Paul’s poll featured three candidates; himself, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota. As of the time of writing, Paul had won well over 95 percent of the vote.
It is worth bearing in mind that such polls are deeply unscientific and do not necessarily translate…
