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Results of NC Grassroots Republican Straw Poll - Ron Paul Wins!

Submitted by bird on a wire on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:11

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Here are the results of the NC Republican Grassroots Straw Poll, which was conducted online on Saturday. The poll was designed to give grassroots Republicans and Independents a chance to weigh in on the entire Republican Presidential candidate field. It was conceived by grassroots people in response to the NC State GOP's "official" straw poll, which was held in conjunction with a Hall of Fame Dinner, and cost$125 to participate in. Total votes, 630, of which 507 were registered Republicans, and 123 were Independents.

http://www.thecarolinapatriot.com/

Paul 329 52.2%
Gingrich 139 22.1%
Cain 84 13.3%
Romney 23 3.6%
Bachmann 18 2.8%

Everyone else was below Bachmann. The poll considered the entire field, including candidates I didn't even know existed. It also gave some indication of voter distribution by county, so if you are from NC, you might find that interesting. Hopefully, this is just the first of more such efforts to give the grassroots a voice.

The Grassroots Poll answer.

Submitted by jaustin168 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 23:00. Permalink

This is the answer to the two polls. The Official NCGOP straw poll was held in conjunction with the annual Hall of Fame dinner at a price tag of %125 per plate/vote. The grassroots poll was organized by the grassroots on a shoestring budget and invited all registered Republicans and unaffiliated voters a chance to have their voices heard as well, with out the fine dinner and the price tag that went with it.

The difference in the outcome was somewhat predictable, but not entirely. The grassroots poll invited may TEA party associated organizations from across the state and some friendly and not-so-friendly county Republican parties.

The objective was simple.... Either confirm the "Establishment" vote as the official stance in NC or provide an alternative voice. It does not matter who won the CarolinaPatriot poll... what matters is that 630 people were heard.

Wow, look at all those

Submitted by TheBMT on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 22:26. Permalink

Wow, look at all those candidates who are actually running for the republican nomination. Never even heard of any them that arent on tv.

Like this guy:

http://voteforvern.com/issues.html

He should be a neo-con's wet dream. Limited govt domestically AND bomb the shit out of the rest of the world. WIN WIN!

My County Hates Ron Paul

Submitted by Misfit4Peace on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 19:22. Permalink

I have only met a few that like him..and a few Ive talked over to RP's side (roughly about 75 people total)
The Rutherford County NC Republincan Party laughs at, smears, or doesnt even count Ron Paul at all. They act like a pack of DemoRATS when it comes to him.
In short they are PISSIN ME OFF

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2 different straw votes

Submitted by packbacker79 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 16:26. Permalink

It looks like these two are different polls. One was an online poll, which Ron won and the other was a straw vote at the hall of fame dinner which gingrich won.

Yes but not many could afford

Submitted by jacquesplace on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 16:51. Permalink

Yes but not many could afford the $125 bto participate in the hall of fame dinner and poll.

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Gingrich Won!

Submitted by animateclay on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 14:41. Permalink

According to the MSM: http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/gingrich_win...

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Reread the post and the article.

Submitted by marno on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 15:12. Permalink

dailypaul.com's bird on a wire wrote:
"Here are the results of the NC Republican Grassroots Straw Poll...It was conceived by grassroots people in response to the NC State GOP's "official" straw poll, which was held in conjunction with a Hall of Fame Dinner, and cost $125 to participate in."

newsobserver.com's jbfrank wrote:
"GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich emerged as the favorite among party faithful, according to a straw poll at Saturday's fundraising dinner...The Hall of Fame dinner, an annual GOP fundraiser that was closed to the media, featured Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general. None of the candidates appeared at the event."

Ahh

Submitted by animateclay on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 16:53. Permalink

Ok so there were two polls. There was a state-wide straw poll here in Missouri (the very first) that I attended last weekend. It was hosted by The Young Conservatives of America http://theyoungconservativesofamerica.org/ But as of now I haven't heard the results. Here in Springfield MO the turn-out was small and mostly all the Ron Paul supporters that I know were there. It was held here over two days, Saturday and Sunday and in somewhere around 12 locations or so across the state. Here's a short (slightly unexciting) video I took while there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiNjb_LTMf4

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Thanks for sharing the video.

Submitted by marno on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 18:23. Permalink

I just googled the straw poll and found the results on Ron Paul Forums. Herman Cain won with 320 votes (32%). Ron Paul placed second (but statistically tied with Newt Gingrich) with 282 votes (28%). Here is the link to the post with the rest of the results: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?330201&p=3758828...

Oh yeah!

Submitted by animateclay on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 01:54. Permalink

I just found out tonight also and posted a thread in the forum about it. It is really good news!

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#17, isn't it?

Submitted by sausages on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:03. Permalink

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