Jindal 2nd in straw poll for 2012 Republican Prez nomination

Thrust into the spotlight as a Republican rising star following the party's drubbing in the November 4 polls, Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has bagged the second spot in a straw poll for the 2012 presidential nomination.

Thrust into the spotlight as a Republican rising star following the party's drubbing in the November 4 polls, Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has bagged the second spot in a straw poll for the 2012 presidential nomination.

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Conducted by the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC), the straw poll held among its 1757 registrants from February 26 to 28, was won by Mitt Romany, former Massachusetts Governor. A straw poll is a vote with non-binding results.

Romney bagged 20 per cent of the total votes polled, while Indian-American Jindal received 14 per cent of the votes, CPAC announced last night.

Jindal, 37, was closely followed by Ron Paul, the Congressman from Texas, and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Both of them received 13 per cent of the total votes polled.

Republicans were defeated in the November 4 Presidential elections which were swept by Democrat Barack Obama, an African-American who assumed office as the 44th President of the US on January 20.