Ron Paul wins Gaston County, NC GOP Straw Poll (unofficial)

Scott K · 08-13-2007, 09:14 PM

From: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/52/boards/...e=yes#10557939

This just in... Results from the Gaston County Straw Poll:

RON PAUL: 36.6%
Fred Thomson: 31.7%
Huckabee: 9.8%
Gingrich: 7.3%
Romney: 7.3%
Guiliani: 4.9%
McCain: 2.4%

And the best part is, he won with more votes than the number of out-of-towners who showed up!

Peace,
BJ

Digg:
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_election...oll_unofficial

MozoVote · 08-13-2007, 09:20 PM

We stuck around for another hour after it was over, talking to some of the Gaston county locals too. I dunno if any minds were changed, but I think we got some to realize there is another candidate out there that deserves a look.

The Gaston county chairperson seemed a little nonplussed to see us beat Fred, but he said there would be another vote in a few months. OK. Just more time for us to round up even yet more RP attendees.

disinter · 08-13-2007, 09:23 PM

Nice!

Richandler · 08-13-2007, 09:35 PM

Alright this is awesome.

paulitics · 08-13-2007, 09:36 PM

Ok, of those voters what percentage were casual compared to meet up group, etc? What was his outside support?

MozoVote · 08-13-2007, 09:41 PM

Oh I'd say probably 2/3 of the Ron votes came from NC meetups, and we may have picked up a couple locals in the total.

This was a pretty intimate little gathering... Local GOP functionaries, county comissioners, a couple of state legislators, the county district attorney. The "new faces" were obvious to them, but I heard later that they were glad to see activists come anyway and show some enthusiasm for the GOP.

SwooshOU · 08-13-2007, 09:43 PM

Awesome!

quickmike · 08-13-2007, 09:44 PM

Hey, meetup groups are real people too. a vote is a vote as far as im concerned.

ARealConservative · 08-13-2007, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Wow, What a bunch of lies.

Gaston County

Fred Thomson: 36.7%
Mike Huckabee: 26.8%
Ron Paul: 13.2%
Newt Gingrich: 7.1%
Mitt Romney: 6.4%
Rudy Guiliani: 5.2%
John McCain: 4.6%

Are we just looking for press?

Maybe we should look over posts more before we actually post them.

I found that added to the link that was posted

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/52/boards/...e=yes#10557939

paulitics · 08-13-2007, 09:46 PM

so if it weren't for the grassroots he would have about 12 % still, right? How many people in total, 100?

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08-13-2007, 09:14 PM	#1
Scott K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 57	Ron Paul wins Gaston County, NC GOP Straw Poll (unofficial) From: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/52/boards/...e=yes#10557939 This just in... Results from the Gaston County Straw Poll: RON PAUL: 36.6% Fred Thomson: 31.7% Huckabee: 9.8% Gingrich: 7.3% Romney: 7.3% Guiliani: 4.9% McCain: 2.4% And the best part is, he won with more votes than the number of out-of-towners who showed up! Peace, BJ Digg: http://www.digg.com/2008_us_election...oll_unofficial

08-13-2007, 09:20 PM	#2
MozoVote Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charlotte Posts: 2,316	We stuck around for another hour after it was over, talking to some of the Gaston county locals too. I dunno if any minds were changed, but I think we got some to realize there is another candidate out there that deserves a look. The Gaston county chairperson seemed a little nonplussed to see us beat Fred, but he said there would be another vote in a few months. OK. Just more time for us to round up even yet more RP attendees.

08-13-2007, 09:35 PM	#4
Richandler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CA Posts: 1,763	Alright this is awesome.

08-13-2007, 09:36 PM	#5
paulitics Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,884	Ok, of those voters what percentage were casual compared to meet up group, etc? What was his outside support?

08-13-2007, 09:41 PM	#6
MozoVote Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charlotte Posts: 2,316	Oh I'd say probably 2/3 of the Ron votes came from NC meetups, and we may have picked up a couple locals in the total. This was a pretty intimate little gathering... Local GOP functionaries, county comissioners, a couple of state legislators, the county district attorney. The "new faces" were obvious to them, but I heard later that they were glad to see activists come anyway and show some enthusiasm for the GOP.

08-13-2007, 09:43 PM	#7
SwooshOU Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 270	Awesome!

08-13-2007, 09:46 PM	#10
paulitics Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,884	so if it weren't for the grassroots he would have about 12 % still, right? How many people in total, 100?