CPAC vs. SLRC poll results

[wgadget]

Here are the official 2010 CPAC results:

Texas Rep. Ron Paul - 31 percent
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- 22 percent
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- 7 percent
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty - 6 percent
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich - 4 percent
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- 4 percent
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence - 5 percent
South Dakota Sen. John Thune -- 2 percent
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels -- 2 percent
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum -- 2 percent
Mississippi Gov. Hailey Barbour - 1 percent
Other - 5 percent
Undecided - 6 percent

Only 2,395 straw poll votes were cast by what organizers said was 10,000 attendees at this year's CPAC.

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Not on the ballot were Haley Barbour, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal and John Thune.

2010 SRLC Straw Poll Results

Romney 24 percent (439 votes)
Paul 24 percent (438)
Palin 18 percent
Gingrich 18 percent
Huckabee 4 percent
Pawlenty 3 percent
Pence 3 percent
Santorum 2 percent
Johnson 1 percent

*1,806 votes cast

[wgadget]

Anyone else think it ODD that both straw polls had 1,806 votes cast?

Remember that when Ron won CPAC, the number of total votes cast qualified the accuracy of the poll?


EDIT: Nevermind...

[RM918]

Are you sure? I heard CPAC's was more like 2500 total. If this is true, this is a RATHER large coincidence. I can't say what it means, though.

[wgadget]

The bottom half of my post came right off the Drudge article.

[Bruno]

I believe the article is wrong. I can't remember exactly, but I want to say CPAC had 2,345 or so votes. Maybe a lazy copy/paste error by someone.

[wgadget]

I'll go back and check.

[Bruno]

I'll go back and check.

I didn't mean to direct that to you, I thought it was from the source article.

[wgadget]

I didn't mean to direct that to you, I thought it was from the source article.

Well, you're right...It was a bad copy and paste...MINE!

I'll go back and edit it. There were 2,395 straw poll votes cast at CPAC.

If I remember correctly, though, the scoop back then was that the number of voters at CPAC made the poll results suspect. I suppose the even fewer number of votes at SRLC is most accurate...;)