Ron Paul Wins Maryland Straw Poll
Posted September 5th, 2007 by Michael Nystrom
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This information comes from jimvrp at the Ron Paul Forums. Thanks Stephanie.
I was there to help count the ballots. These results should match the 'official' results which will be announced by the MD GOP in a news release tomorrow.
Here are the results:
Ron Paul - 263 (28%)
Rudy Giuliani - 220 (24%)
Fred Thompson - 188 (20%)
Mitt Romney - 89 (10%)
John McCain - 54 (6%)
Mike Huckabee - 35 (4%)
Tom Tancredo - 16 (2%)
Sam Brownback - 12 (1%)
Duncan Hunter - 3 (0%)Write Ins:
New Gingrich - 17 (2%)
Bob Ehrilich - 3 (0%) (Ehrlich is former Republican Governor of MD)
Other - 11 (1%)Spoiled ballots - 15 (2%) (e.g. voted for more than one candidate)
Total votes cast - 926
Duncan Hunter & Texas ????
Duncan Hunter is averaging under 3 % in all the straw polls and then all of a sudden he wins in Texas, this smells really bad and rotten.
We need a complete exit poll taken in Iowa caucus.
Straw poll overview
Is there a way to get an overview over all these small straw polls? Ron Paul winning a few of them is more impressive if there has only been a handful of them, but if there has been a thousand then...
Is this Good Enough
In order too.. woo hoooooooOOOOooo
Maryland Straw Poll 9/3/2007 1 27.30%
Allegheny County, 8/26/2007 1 45.20%
DeKalb County, Geo 8/25/2007 1 24%
Ronald Reagan Club 8/21/2007 1 28.00%
West Alabama 8/18/2007 1 81.20%
Strafford County, NH 8/18/2007 1 72.20%
Gaston County, NC 8/14/2007 1 36.60%
FreedomWorks Stra 8/3/2007 1 56%
New Hampshire 7/7/2007 1 65.30%
Georgetown County 7/28/2007 2 17.90%
Cobb County, GA 7/4/2007 2 17.00%
National Taxpayers 6/16/2007 2 16.70%
Utah GOP convention 6/8/2007 2 5.40%
Texas Straw Poll 9/1/2007 3 16.70%
HRCC (Minnesota) 8/22/2007 3 16.00%
Illinois State Fair 8/17/2007 3 18.90%
(NFRA), St. Louis, 8/6/2007 3 14.00%
West Lafayette, In 8/18/2007 4 11.70%
Students for Life of 8/16/2007 4 9.00%
California Republican 7/1/2007 4 12.00%
Ames, Iowa 8/11/2007 5 9.10%
Western Montana 8/15/2007 6 4.00%
Surprised!
Being from Maryland, I'm truly surprised that my fellow Marylanders voted more for Dr. Paul and freedom than for Mr. Ghouliani and fascism. Did this straw poll occur in the suburbs, or in the Baltimore / DC corridor? If it did, I would be even more surprised!
Just north of Baltimore
Voting was all last week at the state fair in Timonium, which is just north of the Baltimore Beltway. I, too, am quite pleasantly surprised that the "Free State" finally lived up to its name and went for Dr. Paul. Be sure to watch for this win to be announced on all the mainstream networks .... NOT.