AP: Rand Paul wins 2014 CPAC straw poll, Ted Cruz finishes a distant second

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Rand Paul wins 2014 CPAC straw poll, Ted Cruz finishes a distant second

Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin
Published: March 8, 2014

Sen. Rand Paul demolished his competition in the 2014 Washington Times/CPAC presidential preference straw poll on Saturday, winning 31 percent of the vote -- nearly three times the total of second-place Sen. Ted Cruz.

Mr. Cruz's 11 percent was still a big improvement for the freshman senator, who won just 4 percent in last year's straw poll. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson was third with 9 percent and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was fourth with 8 percent in results that signal growing discontent with the GOP establishment in Washington.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3a6wHnA4c0

 

[Crashland]

Rand Paul 31%
Ted Cruz 11%
all others below 10%

What a big win!!

 

[compromise]

The presidency is his destiny.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Rand Paul 31%
Ted Cruz 11%
all others below 10%

What a big win!!

Randslide.

 

[jct74]

I hate how they leak the results early, takes all the excitement out of the announcement. Do they ever do that when a Paul is not the winner?

Randslide.

totally.

 

[Crashland]

As I recall from past years the results are usually leaked a half hour or so before the announcement, even when Rand/Ron didn't win.

 

[supermario21]

Note that the loons at SCF released their straw poll like 10 minutes before this came out. Cruz of course won by like 30 over Rand.

 

[helenpaul]

i am happy to see rubio with so little support. ann coulter ripped that piece of crap a new one.

 

[RandallFan]

The Huckabee and Santorum voters won't vote for Christie with his CAIR approved Muslim appointment.

 

[Beorn]

Carl Cameron said that Ben Carson coming in third was the headline.
Don't ever change, Carl.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Carl Cameron said that Ben Carson coming in third was the headline.
Don't ever change, Carl.

 

[supermario21]

Last year was tight, and that was Rand coming right off the filibuster. This is really good stuff.

 

[lib3rtarian]

Full Results

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

Yeah, I'm gonna be that guy and remind folks that, you know, Ron Paul won the Straw Poll in both 2010 and 2011 and look where that ended. The base here is mostly young folks- these are not the people who are the decision makers or king makers within the GOP. They're the small base that isn't responsible for bringing in big money. So yeah, while it may be a nice, temporary thing to gloat about, we've been down this road before. Let's not forget that many still see McConnell, Boehner, Rubio, Christie, Graham and so on as the 'faces' and voices of the GOP.

 

[unknown]

The presidency is his destiny.

Not to be corny or anything, this gave me chills.

 

[unknown]

Was it 2012 that Ron Paul came in last after winning 2 years in a row.

Wasnt that also the same year they implemented the electronic voting?

Do they still use electronic voting?

 

[William Tell]

1st Place: Rand Paul 31%
2nd Place: Ted Cruz 11%
3rd Place Ben Carson 9%
4th Place Chris Christie 8%
5th Place: Rick Santorum 7%
6th Place: Scott Walker 7%
7th Place: Marco Rubio 6%
8th Place: Rick Perry 3%
9th Place: Paul Ryan 3%
10th Place: Mike Huckabee 2%
11th place: Bobby Jindal 2%
12th Place: Sarah Palin 2%
13th Place: Condoleezza Rice 2%
14th Place: Mitch Daniel 1%
15th Place: John Kasich 1%
16th Place: Mike Pence 1%
17th Place: Rob Portman 1%
18th Place: John Thune 1%
19th Place: Donald Trump 1%
20th Place: Allen West 1%
21st Place: Kelly Ayotte *
22nd Place: Sam Brownback *
23rd Place: Nikki Haley *
24th Place: Susana Martinez *
25th Place: Tim Scott *

 

[CPUd]

Was it 2012 that Ron Paul came in last after winning 2 years in a row.

Wasnt that also the same year they implemented the electronic voting?

Do they still use electronic voting?

In 2012, Both Mitt and Santorum were busing in people to vote in the straw poll.

 

[jurgs01]

Yeah, I'm gonna be that guy and remind folks that, you know, Ron Paul won the Straw Poll in both 2010 and 2011 and look where that ended. The base here is mostly young folks- these are not the people who are the decision makers or king makers within the GOP. They're the small base that isn't responsible for bringing in big money. So yeah, while it may be a nice, temporary thing to gloat about, we've been down this road before. Let's not forget that many still see McConnell, Boehner, Rubio, Christie, Graham and so on as the 'faces' and voices of the GOP.

Ron didn't have:
National Association for Gun Rights
Rand PAC
FreedomWorks
National Right to Work Committee
Friendliness with the Conservative media
A dad who built the base that will help him get elected
The presidency of Barack Obama to disillusion people about government
A building alliance with social conservatives.
The public speaking ability of Rand.

There are so many differences I could go on for a while.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Ron didn't have:
National Association for Gun Rights
Rand PAC
FreedomWorks
National Right to Work Committee
Friendliness with the Conservative media
A dad who built the base that will help him get elected
The presidency of Barack Obama to disillusion people about government
A building alliance with social conservatives.
The public speaking ability of Rand.

There are so many differences I could go on for a while.

The main difference is media respect. The media never respected Ron Paul nor his electoral prospects.