The Official Ames Straw Poll Thread

[Fermli]

2011 Ames Straw Poll Results:
Bachmann 4823
Paul 4671
Pawlenty 2293
Santorum 1657
Cain 1456
Romney 567
Gingrich 385
Huntsman 69
McCotter 35

 

[sailingaway]

^this

remind me to plus rep both of you. I'm out today.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

Statistically we are tied.

but that's with a randy travis incentive.

 

[harikaried]

WTF Fox.
- "What does Ron Paul coming in second mean?"
- "Bachmann is going to win because she clearly beat everyone"

 

[erowe1]

Bachmann's gonna fizzle. Like the song that was blaring in the background, don't stop believing. We can do this, make this happen.

I agree. There's a silver lining here.

Notice that Perry beat Romney too. So the presumed front runner with all the money is now on the ropes. Plus we're soon to see some candidates drop out. Meanwhile, Perry and Bachmann are likely to split the same group of voters.

 

[blocks]

omg fox actually asking if paul is now a frontrunner

and the chair of the iowa gop...completely ignored the question

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

That debate hurt us

What if Fox News was right and a bunch of Ron Paul supporters abandoned him at the straw poll because of his Iran debate comments?

 

[specsaregood]

Laughing @ the negative n00bs. 2nd is awesome. We have grown huge amounts since the last run.

Tea Party takes 1st and 2nd spots.

 

[wgadget]

On the bright side, RON PAUL won SECOND PLACE by less than 200 votes in a STRAW POLL THAT COUNTS!

 

[svobody]

Hahahaha 152 votes. Epic turnout, they said we only had a chance if turnout was low. They can't spin this. She won by less than half of 1%. Hollow victory.

 

[afmatt]

WTF.... 200 votes? Nooooooo!
It's a win overall but to come so close and not get first is painful.
Seeing red over the "The winner is Michele Bachman"... have a good evening. Totally classless act ignoring the second\third place finisher like that.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

WTF Fox.
- "What does Ron Paul coming in second mean?"
- "Bachmann is going to win because she clearly beat everyone"

yeah, noticed that, too...

 

[ForLibertyFight]

I'm very optimistic and pleased with the outcome. First would have been nice but I'll take a second any day.

This is going to motivate more supporters to fight harder for liberty! Let's keep up the good work and continue to make progress!!

 

[Ekrub]

Fox actually kind of gave Ron "props", if you will, for doing so well without all the money nocompromise. I'm officially not a Randy Travis fan anymore though.

 

[JJonesMBA]

Ron Paul w/ 27.65% - 152 votes shy of 1st place (<1% of 16,836).

Bachmann 4823. Ron 4671. Paw 2293

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll#August_13.2C_2011

just posted this on my fb: "Ron Paul virtually tied w/ Michele Bachmann, ~4.8k to 4.7k out of ~17k (<1%)"

 

[Cleaner44]

A very strong 2nd! This way the weight of the straw poll will not be denied and Ron nearly tied her. More than double the votes of Pawlenty.

 

[Texan4Life]

and the chair of the iowa gop...completely ignored the question

i know what a douche. he just blabbed on about bach

 

[Bruno]

Just talked to Meet the Press tall gray haired guy. "are you going to cover Ron Paul in 2nd Place?". "sure".

Don't believe him

 

[nocompromises]

you people here that think its over because of a 2nd place straw poll before the actual primary are morons .

Moderators, please note that the above user is calling other users names!

Are you going to take action?

By the way, it's not over, but we will have to work even harder because we did not win.

Remember, if we come second place to getting the nomination, we will have to endure four more years of horror.

 

[KramerDSP]

RT @FirstCavTommy: BREAKING: Ron Paul supporters claim government conspiracy, demand recount.