A tale of the tape: Sunshine state's sons

By Chris Adams and Lesley Clark - McClatchy Washington Bureau

Updated March 2, 2015 11:42 AM

At this year's Conservative Political Action Conference two presidential hopefuls from Florida spoke. Senator Marco Rubio took the stage Friday morning and former Governor Jeb Bush spoke later that afternoon.

Here's a quick rundown of key stats for both the Floridians:

Applause level

Applause breaks

Empty seats

Best quote

Age

Hometown

Currently

Last election won

Margin

Jeb Bush

97 decibels

18 breaks, two loud boos

Coral Gables, FL

retired Florida governor as of January 2007, exploring presidential run

2002: Florida governor

12.8 percentage points

Marco Rubio

96 decibels

13 in a 6 minute speech

About one in ten

"Imagine if we had a president who doesn’t travel the world bad-mouthing America. After all, that’s the U.N.’s job."

West Miami, FL

U.S. Senator

2010: U.S. Senator

19.2 percentage points in a three-way race

This story was originally published February 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM.