Bradley in DC
08-06-2007, 11:06 PM
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/
RCP Predicts Ames Straw Poll Winner - Mitt Romney
There was a poll of Republican officials on who they believe will win the Ames Straw Poll and Mitt Romney won with an overwhelming majority. Those polled were asked to rank their choices from 1 to 5, more weight going to their first place candidate and less going to their last place candidate.
93% of those believed Mitt Romney would be the eventual winner. In second place was Tom Tancredo.
RCP Predicts Ames Straw Poll Loser - Ron Paul
Ron Paul was the only major Republican candidate to receive 0 votes. This means that none of the 30 officials predicted Ron Paul would be one of the top 5 finishers in Ames. John Cox finished ahead of him! That wreaks of bias against the non-conformist Republican candidate.
We personally believe that Huckabee will do much better than the 4th place finish RCP predict and surprise people with a strong second place finish. Ron Paul has been consistently getting 12-15% at straw polls around the country so there is no reason to believe he won't get that here. That should be good enough to vault him into a third place finish.
We believe the Sam Brownback and Tom Tancredo voters will find themselves choosing Mike Huckabee in the long run and that they will fail to make a splash. Tommy Thompson's and Duncan Hunter's poor finish should knock him them out of the race we believe.
RCP Predicts Ames Straw Poll Winner - Mitt Romney
There was a poll of Republican officials on who they believe will win the Ames Straw Poll and Mitt Romney won with an overwhelming majority. Those polled were asked to rank their choices from 1 to 5, more weight going to their first place candidate and less going to their last place candidate.
93% of those believed Mitt Romney would be the eventual winner. In second place was Tom Tancredo.
RCP Predicts Ames Straw Poll Loser - Ron Paul
Ron Paul was the only major Republican candidate to receive 0 votes. This means that none of the 30 officials predicted Ron Paul would be one of the top 5 finishers in Ames. John Cox finished ahead of him! That wreaks of bias against the non-conformist Republican candidate.
We personally believe that Huckabee will do much better than the 4th place finish RCP predict and surprise people with a strong second place finish. Ron Paul has been consistently getting 12-15% at straw polls around the country so there is no reason to believe he won't get that here. That should be good enough to vault him into a third place finish.
We believe the Sam Brownback and Tom Tancredo voters will find themselves choosing Mike Huckabee in the long run and that they will fail to make a splash. Tommy Thompson's and Duncan Hunter's poor finish should knock him them out of the race we believe.