Ron Paul Gets 81% in Alabama 73% in NH Straw Polls
Ron Paul Translates his Online Support to the Straw Polls
by James Buchanan
In two stunning victories, Ron Poll has received 81 percent of the vote in the Alabama Straw Poll and 73 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire Straw Poll. These straw polls are intended to determine how strong a Republican candidate is among ordinary Republican voters. Both the Alabama and New Hampshire straw polls allowed ordinary registered Republicans to vote.
These tremendous victories come on the heels of a strong showing in the Iowa Straw Poll, where Ron Paul went from near total obscurity to over nine percent of the vote, placing him in the top five. Paul followed up his strong showing in Iowa with an even stronger showing in Illinois, scoring 19 percent of the vote, finishing just one percent behind second place Fred Thompson.
Early in the primary, Ron Paul was getting 60 to 80+ percent in a variety of online Internet polls. A few media pundits mentioned this bizarre split between the online world and reality, which appears to have been finally bridged this week!! In a way, this all makes sense. People voting in online polls are most likely much better informed than ordinary Americans. Similarly, the Republicans voting in these straw polls are better motivated and better informed also. Once Ron Paul proved that he can place in the top tier in Iowa and Illinois, the floodgates were opened for people to vote for him. They were no longer “throwing their vote away” by voting for the candidate, whom they knew was the best man in the race.
Someone should tell the people at the Gallup and Rassmussen polling agencies to make sure they poll people who actually KNOW SOMETHING about the candidates. The mainstream media is still blacking out news of Ron Paul for the most part. It will be interesting to see how much longer they can ignore the biggest political news story of the election. The Wall Street Journal referred to Ron Paul’s finish in the top five in the Iowa Straw Poll as “impressive” taking into account that he only spent 17 days there compared to 66 or more days for the candidates who placed ahead of him.
One independent political pundit observed that “To know Ron Paul is to love him.” Anyone who makes a little effort and looks up Ron Paul’s record is stunned to find a man of absolutely stellar character. An idealist who has voted “No” on any un-Constitutional legislation. A medical doctor who delivered over 4,000 babies and who serves in politics for the best interests of America, not himself.
Here are the results of the Alabama and New Hampshire straw polls:
Ron Paul Wins NH Straw Poll
Ron takes the Stafford County, NH, GOP straw poll today by another landslide:
Out of 286 votes cast:
Ron Paul - 208 (73%)
Romney - 26
Huckabee - 20
Tancredo - 8
McCain - 7
Cox - 5
Hunter - 5
Fred Thompson - 3
Giuliani - 3
Brownback - 1
Ron Paul Wins By Landslide in Alabama Straw Poll
Ron Paul - 216 (81%)
Mitt Romney - 14 (5%)
Duncan Hunter - 10 (4%)
Fred Dalton Thompson - 9 (3%)
Rudy Giuliani - 7 (3%)
Mike Huckabee - 6 (2%)
John McCain - 2 (.75%)
Sam Brownback - 2 (.75%)
Tom Tancredo - 0 (0%)