Bradley in DC
02-02-2008, 04:12 AM
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Ron Paul takes first choice in straw poll
By SLOAN BREWSTER
MIDDLETOWN — If the straw polls held last week serve as indicators, Ron Paul has a great deal of support in Middletown.
The former Libertarian, who is running as a Republican, received 42 percent of ballots as voters’ first choice in the non-partisan poll last Saturday.
In second choice votes, he got the same percentage and in third choice votes, he received 46 percent. In all three, Paul beat out all the other candidates.
“So nobody ever broke 50 percent, but Ron Paul came up with more than Clinton,” said non-partisan straw poll organizer John Kilian. “Ron Paul did win. He got more people than anybody else.”
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Clinton took second place as people’s first choice with 30 percent of the first ballot votes. She brought in 32 percent in the second ballot and 42 percent in the third.
The GOP held its straw poll Friday and, according to their numbers, Paul was beat out by Mitt Romney who took in 66 votes, plus an additional 70 from online voters, bringing his total to 136. John McCain came in second with 78 on hand votes and 26 online votes. Paul came in third with 75 on hand votes, and an additional 21 in online votes.
Former Mass. Gov. Jane Swift spoke at the GOP straw poll on behalf of John McCain, said organizer Chris Healy. For Romney, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton spoke. Mayor Sebastian N. Giuliano was also there.
Representatives from the campaigns of Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton attended the non-partisan poll and Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, 2nd District, spoke, said organizer John Kilian. A Ron Paul representative also attended.
Both straw polls were also fundraisers for the Connecticut Breast Center Coalition. Kilian estimated that the $10 voting fees plus corporate sponsorship and other donations led to about $1,000 for the charity from each poll.
Ron Paul takes first choice in straw poll
By SLOAN BREWSTER
MIDDLETOWN — If the straw polls held last week serve as indicators, Ron Paul has a great deal of support in Middletown.
The former Libertarian, who is running as a Republican, received 42 percent of ballots as voters’ first choice in the non-partisan poll last Saturday.
In second choice votes, he got the same percentage and in third choice votes, he received 46 percent. In all three, Paul beat out all the other candidates.
“So nobody ever broke 50 percent, but Ron Paul came up with more than Clinton,” said non-partisan straw poll organizer John Kilian. “Ron Paul did win. He got more people than anybody else.”
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Clinton took second place as people’s first choice with 30 percent of the first ballot votes. She brought in 32 percent in the second ballot and 42 percent in the third.
The GOP held its straw poll Friday and, according to their numbers, Paul was beat out by Mitt Romney who took in 66 votes, plus an additional 70 from online voters, bringing his total to 136. John McCain came in second with 78 on hand votes and 26 online votes. Paul came in third with 75 on hand votes, and an additional 21 in online votes.
Former Mass. Gov. Jane Swift spoke at the GOP straw poll on behalf of John McCain, said organizer Chris Healy. For Romney, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton spoke. Mayor Sebastian N. Giuliano was also there.
Representatives from the campaigns of Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton attended the non-partisan poll and Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, 2nd District, spoke, said organizer John Kilian. A Ron Paul representative also attended.
Both straw polls were also fundraisers for the Connecticut Breast Center Coalition. Kilian estimated that the $10 voting fees plus corporate sponsorship and other donations led to about $1,000 for the charity from each poll.