Sen. Rand Paul Wins Tennessee Presidential Straw Poll

[TaftFan]

http://thelibertypaper.org/2013/04/22/sen-rand-paul-wins-tennessee-presidential-straw-poll/

 

[supermario21]

You know Rubio sucks when Allen freaking West beats him.

 

[Sola_Fide]

That was a Randslide.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

You know Rubio sucks when Allen freaking West beats him.

It's comical, but the Allen West voters and the Rubio voters are very interchangeable, kind of like the Ted Cruz voters when Rand and him are pitted against each other. The people that vote for West/Rubio have been sold a bill of goods on them and think of them as great conservative stalwarts.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

numbers by percentage:

Rand Paul 59%
Allen West 14%
Marco Rubio 9%
Ted Cruz 6%
Sarah Palin 3%
Jim DeMint 3%
Newt Gingrich 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Michele Bachmann 1%
Mike Lee 1%

 

[Aratus]

dang... and I had thought my two POTUS RAND postings quite optimistic rather than an instance of me being very pragmatic

 

[Britannia]

numbers by percentage:

Rand Paul 59%
Allen West 14%
Marco Rubio 9%
Ted Cruz 6%
Sarah Palin 3%
Jim DeMint 3%
Newt Gingrich 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Michele Bachmann 1%
Mike Lee 1%

At least someone's actually reporting these straw polls wins. From past experience I was expecting something more along the lines of this...

Headline: GREAT RESULT FOR ALLEN WEST IN TENNESSEE STRAW POLL

 

[Matt Collins]

I was there, I voted for him

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

Good stuff. So is Ted Cruz eligible to be president after all? He was born in Canada, I thought.

 

[Intoxiklown]

It's comical, but the Allen West voters and the Rubio voters are very interchangeable, kind of like the Ted Cruz voters when Rand and him are pitted against each other. The people that vote for West/Rubio have been sold a bill of goods on them and think of them as great conservative stalwarts.

I'm seeing a LOT of people moving away from Rubio on other political forums. I do agree 100% about the interchangeable observastion involing West, but I think they would lean more toward Rand Paul or Ted Cruz. From my limited experience at least.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I'm seeing a LOT of people moving away from Rubio on other political forums. I do agree 100% about the interchangeable observastion involing West, but I think they would lean more toward Rand Paul or Ted Cruz. From my limited experience at least.

I think this immigration push has hurt Rubio and Rand's emergence has shown republicans how mediocre and green Rubio actually is. Teaming up with Chuck Schumer is never a good idea politically. The rank and file are wanting a true believer with the intellectual chops to make the conservative case.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I was there, I voted for him

What was it like on the ground? I don't even think Paul supporters really knew about this poll or the Pennsylvania one either, so these polls have much more value and insight.

 

[Matt Collins]

What was it like on the ground? I don't even think Paul supporters really knew about this poll or the Pennsylvania one either, so these polls have much more value and insight.

They had 500 people at the venue and they sold out within a couple of weeks of announcing the event. They probably could've sold 1000 tickets if they had a venue big enough. So most of our people actually didn't know about it until after it was sold out, as there were few major liberty movement people in the room. Rand was the keynote so it's natural that people voted for him heh

 

[pmbug]

I was there, I voted ...

Matt, was this a multiple choice ballot, or a write in your answer format? Just wondering why there were no votes for Christie.

 

[kathy88]

Matt, was this a multiple choice ballot, or a write in your answer format? Just wondering why there were no votes for Christie.

Good question. Besides, "because he's a liberal."

 

[Matt Collins]

Matt, was this a multiple choice ballot, or a write in your answer format? Just wondering why there were no votes for Christie.

Multiple choice.

 

[pmbug]

Interesting. Wonder why they left him off the ballot.

 

[V3n]

Interesting. Wonder why they left him off the ballot.

because he's a liberal?

 

[jbauer]

I was there as well and voted for him....but only after not being able to vote for Christy.

I'd say the poll was tilted though because Rand was the keynote speaker. There was a lot of people there just to see Rand talk (myself included)

 

[compromise]

It's comical, but the Allen West voters and the Rubio voters are very interchangeable, kind of like the Ted Cruz voters when Rand and him are pitted against each other. The people that vote for West/Rubio have been sold a bill of goods on them and think of them as great conservative stalwarts.

There are a couple of differences between the two. Rubio is rhetorically far more establishment, moderate and passive than West. As a result, some of the West and Cruz voters were probably interchangeable too.

Most of the West/Cruz/Palin/DeMint/Bachmann/Lee people would probably vote for Rand if he ran and their preferred candidate did not.