Added on September 19, 2011
Jason Rink
California , Ron Paul , Straw Poll
(CNN) Texas Rep. Ron Paul won a California straw poll, the state Republican Party announced in a statement Saturday night. A total of 833 ballots were cast during the straw poll, the statement said. Paul won with 44.9% of the votes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in second with 29.3% of the votes, and former [...]
Added on August 16, 2011
Andrew McCleese
Ames Iowa , blackout , media bias , Ron Paul , Ron Paul bias , Ron Paul ignored , Straw Poll
For the last few days, the American media and political classes have been debating the fallout from the Ames straw poll: the Iowa ritual that marks the first real hurdle in the Republican nomination race.
Added on February 20, 2010
sherry
2012 Straw Poll , Bobby Jindal , Conservative Straw Poll , Cpac Straw Poll , Hailey Barbour , John Thune , mark sanford , Mike Huckabee , Mike Pence , Mitch Daniels , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Politics News , Rick Santorum , Ron Paul , Ron Paul WINS CPAC Poll , Sarah Palin , Straw Poll , Straw Poll Victory , Tim Pawlenty
CPAC
by Sam Stein
Hat tip: Huffington Post
In a strong reflection of just how strong his standing remains within the die-hard conservative community, Texas Republican and 2008 presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday, earning nearly one-third (31 percent) of the entire vote. The crowd, however, booed heavily when the results were announced.
Paul was far and away the most widely anticipated speaker at the three-day conference, with his base of “Paulites” streaming into the main auditorium to hear him rail against government overreach and neoconservativism on Friday afternoon. In many respects, his win in the CPAC poll seemed pre-ordained — his band of followers having a well-earned reputation for flooding polls and forums like these.
What it portends for a possible 2012 presidential run is anyone’s guess. Paul had a similar cult-like following during the 2008 election, only to garner a relatively small chunk of the actual vote.
The other potential candidates who scored well and are more “mainstream” picks for the Republican nomination include former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who earned 22 percent of the vote, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin who came in third with seven percent. Romney had won the last three CPAC polls. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, another talked about 2012 aspirant, tied “undecided” for fourth place at six percent.
