Question about the American Values Straw Poll

[dircha]

Im not speaking for all christians obviously, but many of them seem to value style over substance. Huckabee has that way of speaking like a preacher that these people relate to. I can understand why they like him. They dont care about his past record, they dont care about Romneys flip-flopping. They hear something, and if it sounds good, hey, its good for them.

Most Americans value style over substance. It isn't just religious conservatives.

 

[stevedasbach]

2500 attended the event over 900 voted onsite. Many of the people that attended could have voted online. Remember Ron Paul spoke the first day Huckabee the last day of the event. People voting for Huckabee after hearing him speak had to pretty much vote at the event. People that heard Ron Paul speak the first day most likely went home and voted from there.

The poll was open online well before the event started. Chances are most of Ron's existing supporters at the event had already voted online.

However, he clearly didn't bring many people over his side, at least not enough to vote for him over Huckabee.

 

[frasu]

yes but 1 dollar give me a break

exactly... I mean my biggest disappointment is that we got just 835 people to vote... makes it feel like that dollar turned RP people away from voting... It could be the principle of course, but it looks like Huckabee will ride this victory wave for some time now...

 

[lynnf]

not to worry...

There is nothing significant about us comoing third in an online poll in fact it's slightly disapointing. The significant part is us getting like 2% in the event that was attended by people who may not have the internet AND HEARD HIM SPEAK.

I seriously can't understand how he could have polled that low with the people there. He is such a convincing speaker and has impeccable christian credentials also like I said he got a standing ovation in the video on youtube

How many people were at the event at the start and how many saw ron speak, anybody know?

I'd say that most of these people had their mind made up before they came. at the Texas Straw Poll, Duncan Hunter won as a result of lobbying the delegates beforehand and the same thing probably applies here. they were probably just being polite in the standing ovation, although they did probably agree with most of Ron Paul's points. and, as far as I could see, not everyone in the room stood for Ron.

lynnf

 

[stevedasbach]

If Ron had come in first online, it wouldn't have been reported. Sigh.

It would have been ideal to finish just a few votes behind Huckabee.