Paul And Huckabee Tied For 2nd In Straw Poll "Points"

[Thom1776]

Paul And FRED THOMPSON Tied For 2nd In Straw Poll "Points"

This is how they'd look if they used a NASCAR-style points system.


CURRENT
SC IOWA ILLINOIS STANDINGS

F.THOMPSON 20 ROMNEY 20 ROMNEY 20 ROMNEY 56
PAUL 18 HUCKABEE 18 F.THOMPSON 18 PAUL 46
ROMNEY 16 BROWNBACK 16 PAUL 16 F.THOMPSON 46
HUNTER 14 TANCREDO 14 GIULIANI 14 BROWNBACK 32
GIULIANI 12 PAUL 12 McCAIN 12 GIULIANI 32
McCAIN 10 T.THOMPSON 10 HUCKABEE 10 HUCKABEE 28
BROWNBACK 8 F.THOMPSON 8 BROWNBACK 8 HUNTER 24
GINGRICH 6 GIULIAN 6 HUNTER 6 McCAIN 24
HUNTER 4 TANCREDO 4 TANCREDO 18
McCAIN 2 T.THOMPSON 10
COX 0 GINGRICH 6
COX 0

OK, this is only until I get that NH taxpayers one, I'll add that, too.

[shrugged0106]

This is how they'd look if they used a NASCAR-style points system.


CURRENT
IOWA ILLINOIS STANDINGS

ROMNEY 20 ROMNEY 20 ROMNEY 40
HUCKABEE 18 F.THOMPSON 18 HUCKABEE 28
BROWNBACK 16 PAUL 16 PAUL 28
TANCREDO 14 GIULIANI 14 F.THOMPSON 26
PAUL 12 McCAIN 12 BROWNBACK 24
T.THOMPSON 10 HUCKABEE 10 GIULIANI 20
F.THOMPSON 8 BROWNBACK 8 TANCREDO 18
GIULIAN 6 HUNTER 6 McCAIN 14
HUNTER 4 TANCREDO 4 HUNTER 10
McCAIN 2 T.THOMPSON 10
COX 0 COX 0







cool, is there something that explains the methodology?

[AlexAmore]

cool, is there something that explains the methodology?

lol, he's just adding the numbers....:rolleyes:

[Zeeder]

lol, he's just adding the numbers....:rolleyes:

I want a formula!

[torchbearer]

I want a formula!

20 points for a first place finish. subtract 2 points for each place after that....
Take the total points for each candidate in each race ran... and rank according to point totals.

[shrugged0106]

doh!! LOL, I guess I shouldve just looked at it huh?

[UtahApocalypse]

This is a slick way to track this. I would love someone to set up a page that had a nice graphic of this for each straw poll.

[SwooshOU]

Promoting Ron Paul by using a NASCAR-style ranking of the Presidential candidates may bring a whole new demographic into the Ron Paul fold.

;)

[torchbearer]

Promoting Ron Paul by using a NASCAR-style ranking of the Presidential candidates may bring a whole new demographic into the Ron Paul fold.

;)

I find it easy to understand.... and maybe someone who is savvy with photo shop could have a stock car with ron paul's face on it with liberty tires.

[Larofeticus]

if you're just adding polls and don't put any weight on the actual vote count, you should add this poll too:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/014348.html

and maybe that new hampshire taxpayers one, and the one from georgia?

[Spirit of '76]

liberty tires.

rofl

[UtahApocalypse]

I think this should be for only the "IN-Person" polls not any of the online ones.

[torchbearer]

Ron Paul race car.

[SwooshOU]

Ah, let's play a little game. Who would the sponsors be on a Ron Paul car?

Smith & Wesson...

[jmarinara]

Ah, let's play a little game. Who would the sponsors be on a Ron Paul car?

Smith & Wesson...


Franklen-Tempelton Investments (Picture of Ben Franklin)

Sam Adams Beer

University of Virginia (founded by Jefferson)

this is fun!!!!!!!!!

[krott5333]

Isn't the Daytona 500 (Iowa) worth more points than the Food City 500 (Illinois) ?

[Larofeticus]

link to stouh carolina straw poll pleasse

Thats this one:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/014348.html

Here's new hampshire taxpayers coalition:
http://granitegrok.com/blog/2007/07/coalition_of_nh_taxpayers_picnic_straw_p.html

Heres the cobb county georgia one:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/07/05/a_fourth_of_july_straw_poll_fo.html

[jjschless]

LOL the Ron Paul Constitution Car

[Larofeticus]

SC IOWA IL NH GA PLSG TOTAL
Romney 16 20 20 16 16 16 104
Ron Paul 18 12 16 20 18 14 98
F Thompson 20 8 18 6 20 18 90
Giuliani 12 6 14 18 10 12 72
Huckabee 0 18 10 14 14 10 66
Brownback 8 16 8 0 0 20 52
McCain 10 2 12 2 6 8 40
Hunter 14 4 6 10 0 0 34
Tancredo 0 14 4 4 6 0 28
Gingrich 6 0 0 8 12 0 26
T Thompson 0 10 0 12 0 0 22



This is a really neat way to look at things. I bet someone's blog could take it and make a good post. And I know about the gastonia poll, but with less than 200 votes i didn't put it in.

[Eric21ND]

This is an interesting take on the straw polls. I would love to see this blown up on a poster.

[torchbearer]

SC IOWA IL NH GA PLSG TOTAL
Romney 16 20 20 16 16 16 104
Ron Paul 18 12 16 20 18 14 98
F Thompson 20 8 18 6 20 18 90
Giuliani 12 6 14 18 10 12 72
Huckabee 0 18 10 14 14 10 66
Brownback 8 16 8 0 0 20 52
McCain 10 2 12 2 6 8 40
Hunter 14 4 6 10 0 0 34
Tancredo 0 14 4 4 6 0 28
Gingrich 6 0 0 8 12 0 26
T Thompson 0 10 0 12 0 0 22



This is a really neat way to look at things. I bet someone's blog could take it and make a good post. And I know about the gastonia poll, but with less than 200 votes i didn't put it in.

It may even be a better look at how we are doing...

[torchbearer]

This is an interesting take on the straw polls. I would love to see this blown up on a poster.

Gotta make it a nascar theme poster with race stats

[torchbearer]

I updated it here at this thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=12890

but i did it before the NH results were released today.

[inibo]

This is a slick way to track this. I would love someone to set up a page that had a nice graphic of this for each straw poll.


I'm working on a blog post of this now with links to the individual results and an explanation of the scoring system. I want to acknowledge the folks who devised this so if anyone deserves mention let me know.

It should be ready later this evening. I'll put it up in an out of the way spot so I can get a few eyes checking me for errors. I love the smell of victory in the morning; it smells like victory!

[torchbearer]

I could see this ending up on the news sort of like the military donations thing... every time we start news on this thread... it ends up somewhere in the news.

[inibo]

I found SC I think. This was the Georgetown poll, right?

http://blog.georgetowngop.org/

[torchbearer]

I found SC I think. This was the Georgetown poll, right?

http://blog.georgetowngop.org/

If ron paul has 18 and fred thompson has 20 for SC then that is the right poll.

[torchbearer]

I found SC I think. This was the Georgetown poll, right?

http://blog.georgetowngop.org/

yeh, its the same poll. did you add Utah and today's new hampshire results to it?
the previous NH was from a different straw poll i think.

[UtahApocalypse]

Here are the Utah results if needed:


8 June 2007 - Utah State Republican Convention Presidential Straw Poll

Candidate
Votes
%
Mitt Romney
1,042 (80.46%)
Ron Paul
70 (5.41%)
Rudy Giuliani
57 (4.40%)
John McCain
54 (4.17%)
Tom Tancredo
19 (1.47%)
Tommy Thompson
16 (1.24%)
Fred Thompson (write-in)
15 (1.16%)
Mike Huckabee
12 (0.93%)
Sam Brownback
8 (0.62%)
Stan Lockhart (write-in)** 1 (0.08%)
Newt Gingrich (write-in)
1
(0.08%)
11 total candidates

1,295

(100%)

[torchbearer]

I found SC I think. This was the Georgetown poll, right?

http://blog.georgetowngop.org/

Also- a general rule i used when doing the points... if a candidate received no votes, no write-in votes, or wasn't listed, the candidate recieved 0 points regardless of their place in order. my reason. 0 is like not finishing the race... the driver didn't complete the race or didn't enter the race so got scored 0.