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Matt Collins
10-29-2011, 04:41 PM
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Ron Paul Easily Defeats
Republican Primary Competitors
in Iowa Straw Poll



Garners 82 percent of total in NFRA’s Iowa-only
tally of GOP activists; also wins open-voter tally



LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Earlier today Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul defeated his GOP competitors, winning 82 percent of the vote in a poll of Iowa GOP activists. Dr. Paul’s nearest competitor was pizza baron Herman Cain, who garnered an unimpressive 14.7 percent of the vote.


The poll of Iowa voters took place in Des Moines as part of the National Federation of Republic Assemblies Presidential Preference Convention and Straw Poll. The victory among Iowa voters demonstrates that Dr. Paul has substantial support among Republican Party activists in the Hawkeye State.

“In Iowa, Ron Paul continues to engage and inspire concerned voters at town hall meetings and in other settings. This contest, however, shows that Dr. Paul and his campaign have tremendous organization strength. Iowa voters are ready for when the opportunity to vote for Ron Paul arises, and today they have done just that quite decisively,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

In addition to winning the Iowa-only tally conducted at the NFRA convention, Dr. Paul won the open-voter tally which was not restricted to voters from Iowa. The open-voter results had Dr. Paul winning by 26 percent, followed by Cain at 25 percent, Perry and Santorum tied at 16 percent, and others with low double- and single-digit percentages.

Below find the straw poll results for the Iowa-only contest:

Ron Paul 82%.
Herman Cain 14.7%
Rick Santorum 1%
Newt Gingrich 0.9%
Michele Bachmann 0.5%
Rick Perry 0.5%
Gary Johnson 0.2%
Mitt Romney 0%
Jon Huntsman 0%

Sola_Fide
10-29-2011, 04:49 PM
Wow guys. This is a blowout!

Anti Federalist
10-29-2011, 04:51 PM
Amazing, amazing!

FSP-Rebel
10-29-2011, 04:52 PM
Thanks for the report, Jay Carney.:p

matt0611
10-29-2011, 04:53 PM
Well this obviously is meaningless since Paul won. /sarcasm

Sola_Fide
10-29-2011, 04:53 PM
LoL. "Mitt Romney 0%"

Bern
10-29-2011, 04:53 PM
Anyone know how many votes were cast? Is this indicative of Ron's support in Iowa in general, or is the NFRA a specialized group of people?

giovannile07
10-29-2011, 04:56 PM
Anyone know how many votes were cast? Is this indicative of Ron's support in Iowa in general, or is the NFRA a specialized group of people?

340 votes were submitted.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/29/ron-paul-wins-both-tallies-at-gop-pres-straw-poll-in-iowa/

wgadget
10-29-2011, 04:59 PM
I saw elsewhere that there were like 420 total votes for the Iowa and 101 total votes cast for the non-Iowa.

garyallen59
10-29-2011, 05:05 PM
From the CNN article: The total number of votes cast in that tally was 430.

From Wikipedia: National Federation of Republican Assemblies is a grassroots political organization which promotes conservative principles and candidates within the Republican Party. Members at the local, state and national levels work to recruit and elect Republican candidates who reflect the Party’s conservative philosophy, and to oppose "RINOs" (Republicans In Name Only), leaders and candidates who take positions to the left of the party's mainstream.

Uriah
10-29-2011, 05:10 PM
I can proudly say: I am one of the 82%!

Feelgood
10-29-2011, 05:25 PM
How in the hell does Bachmann get 0.5% in her own home state? I mean wasnt Randy Travis there this time?

Patrick Henry
10-29-2011, 05:45 PM
Dr. Paul’s nearest competitor was pizza baron Herman Cain, who garnered an unimpressive 14.7 percent of the vote. :D

trey4sports
10-29-2011, 05:52 PM
LoL. "Mitt Romney 0%"


unelectable.

Occam's Banana
10-29-2011, 05:58 PM
Meh. I don't believe any of it. This is not an Official thread.
I suspect someone has hijacked Teh Collins' account.
:);)

IndianaPolitico
10-29-2011, 06:01 PM
Meh. I don't believe any of it. This is not an Official thread.
I suspect someone has hijacked Teh Collins' account.
:);)
I Officially disagree... to this official complaint... about something that is official...

:)

Tod
10-29-2011, 06:35 PM
Notice how when the out-of-state vote is included, the numbers are greatly skewed against Paul compared to the in-state voters only? All those accusations that the only way Paul wins is by bringing in out-of-staters have just been proven false: it apparently is the OTHER campaigns that are doing that.

Tod
10-29-2011, 06:35 PM
oh: DRUDGE!!!!

Ron Paul Wins Iowa Straw Poll at NFRA Convention

Read more: http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/ron-paul-wins-iowa-straw-poll-at-nfra-convention/#ixzz1cDl1YNn2

John F Kennedy III
10-29-2011, 06:43 PM
Drudge!

No one but PAUL!