2016 Iowa Straw Poll Results, Rand in 2nd place with 18%

[Anti-Neocon]

Telling them that "The Apprentice is coming back on TV that night and Trump wants his voters to stay home and watch so that he gets a big ratings boost?

Send out Donald Trump superbrochures as well.

Then you know for damn sure they won't show up.

 

[osan]

2016 Iowa Straw Poll Results

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2016 Online Iowa Straw Poll http://2016IowaStrawPoll.com results are now available. This has been the most inclusive Iowa Straw Poll in history because it has included ALL Iowa voters, both Republicans and Democrats. After the GOP unilaterally canceled the traditional Iowa Straw Poll, America's Term Limits Campaign decided to sponsor an on-line straw poll to give both parties an opportunity to register their votes.

I doubt Rand would "win" Iowa. Why? Because if he did, it would throw such a wrench into the works that Theye would shit a pickle. I have no idea what Trump is about. He may be exactly what he appears. He may be something slightly different. He may be something very different. I know some here have very strong opinions on Trump as if they have the real skinny on him. I cannot speak for such people; I only know what I know, which is not much more than what I knew growing up in the same city as he did. Back when, Trump make people like the mayor look like dopes and I respected him for that because those people WERE dopes.

Therefore, Trump may be a mole; he may have been co-opted in some way and degree; or he may be exactly what he seems. I cannot tell, and therefore have no real basis for knowing whether I can trust him. Because of this, I will continue to "stand with Rand", all else equal. If I choose to vote, and I may well forgo that seemingly pointless task this time around, Rand Paul will have my vote regardless of what polls are saying and how hopeless his chances may be. I have never been one to employ the tactic of voting for the one most likely to win. I vote my conscience, come what may.

To hell with the bastards out there.

 

[speciallyblend]

Just brainstorming... What kind of "event" or "events" could be held on Caucus day in Iowa that would keep Trump supporters from attending the Caucus?

free meals at golden corral? hooters party"? , free pbr , mary kay party for the female trumps , free 24 hr streaming, tv morning shows and soaps?

 

[jmdrake]

Just brainstorming... What kind of "event" or "events" could be held on Caucus day in Iowa that would keep Trump supporters from attending the Caucus?

A rally to bomb Agrabah.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...mp-voters-bomb-aladdin-city-article-1.2470693

 

[nasaal]

Finally a realistic poll. Trump won't be this high though.

Then it isn't a realistic poll. It can't be both ways. If such a major factor of it is wrong, then the entirety of the poll has to be held in question.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Ron got 27% and a technical win in ames 2012 and ended up getting about 22% in the caucus. So, rand has core support of 15% at least! I'd say it's plausible!

No wonder they made it dead:

Iowa Straw Poll pronounced dead at 36

06/12/15 10:30 AM EDT

The Iowa straw poll — which gave life to Ron Paul, stole it from Tim Pawlenty and offered hope to Rick Santorum — was pronounced dead Friday. It was 36 years old.
The event, hosted six times since 1979, once occupied a hallowed space in presidential politics — a first critical test for would-be Republican presidents and an opportunity for lesser-known candidates to showcase their ability to topple front-runners.

It also served a less lofty, but highly useful purpose: It stuffed state party coffers with millions of dollars.
Yet on Friday, ever careful not to harm the state’s golden goose — Iowa’s status as the first-in-the-nation caucus state — the Iowa Republican Party’s central committee voted unanimously to pull the plug on the straw poll.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/iowa-gop-kills-straw-poll-118930