MD Straw Poll Results - Ron Paul Wins

MD GOP ^ | 09/05/2007 | MD GOP

[Hurricane Bruiser]

ANNAPOLIS— After eleven days of presidential straw poll ballots cast at the Maryland Republican Party’s State Fair booth, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) was announced last night as the winner.

The Maryland Republican Party’s first-ever presidential straw poll at the State Fair resulted in nearly 1,000 Marylanders casting a vote for their favorite Republican candidate for president.

[Hurricane Bruiser]

For discussion

[A CA Guy]

Great, what’s he got now around our nation for the Republican primary, polling 68% or what?

[Brilliant]

Ron Paul is good at winning straw polls. But he’d probably register in single digits against Hillary.

[Petronski]

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[pacelvi]

Let him enjoy his little victories while he can.

[Captain Kirk]

No....but Paul is moving up, now ahead of Hunter, Brownback and Tancredo. Despite a media black-out (including talk radio and Fox), he is now up to 3 percent.

[NapkinUser]

Yet another victory for Ron Paul.

[NYC GOP Chick]

You’re being overly optimistic — or just overly kind to an old loon.

[bcsco]

Here ya go!

[Captain Kirk]

But he’d probably register in single digits against Hillary.

Not true. A major pollster (it was discussed about a month ago on FR) found that he'd get over 30 percent against Hillary. Imagine what he would get if the media bothered to cover him. Actually, a Paul candidacy is Hillary's worst nightmare. He could constantly remind the public that she has a consistent record in disasterous world policing and voted to authorize this war.

[A CA Guy]

3% sounds like a mighty surge, wow.

[jammer]

But he’d probably register in single digits against Hillary.

That's what they said about the primaries and straw polls, but for the sake of discussion, let's agree to that assertion. We're back to the old argument of voting for principle or voting for another Rockefeller Republican, "compassionate" (read: Not) conservative that, in this election, will be the extinction level event for conservatism and, by extension, the Constitution.

[boomop1]

Maryland, is that a state, maybe once, was called The Free State, now one party state.

[Captain Kirk]

or just overly kind to an old loon.

And you, of course, are being fair and objective and always take the high road, right? Did you also make fun of Ronald Reagan, the oldest president in U.S. history. Just wondering.

[G8 Diplomat]

Coming from Maryland, Ron Paul winning is no surprise

[ejonesie22]

You are just a fool.

Single digits, no way!

.25%, maybe even .75% at least!

Double digits every time!

[Captain Kirk]

but for the sake of discussion, let's agree to that assertion

You don't have to do it. A Paul/Hillary match-up was done over a month a ago by a major pollster and showed him getting over 30 percent (despite his very low name recognition).

[waimea.man]

The straw poll was open to all voting age adults regardless of party affiliation...

I wonder how many democrats voted in this poll.

[eboyer]

Romney does very well in straw polls too - but only when he busses in supporters and spends lavishly on food and entertainment. Somehow, that isn’t treated as “spamming the polls”.

And of course Hunter does ok when every other major candidate skips the poll and the state decides to limit voters to prior year delegates.

[DesScorp]

Ron Paul conquers the Universe!

Do the Paulistinians remind anyone else of King Jong Il’s cult of personality?

[dirtboy]

This needs to be posted under Breaking Wind, not Breaking News.

[dirtboy]

Actually, a Paul candidacy is Hillary's worst nightmare.

Only in your parallel universe, Captain. Say hi to Bad Spock for us.

[Captain Kirk]

Double digits every time!

Funny stuff. Paul is now at 3 percent in national polls, a tripling of his previous support. Get with the program. Even the anti-Paulites are starting to call him a "3 percenter," rather than a "1 percenter."

[ejonesie22]

Yup, thought I felt a ripple in the farce!

[Jedidah]

A nightmare for all of us.

[elizabetty]

A straw poll of doctors? :~)

[Captain Kirk]

I’ll be sure to pass on your greetings to Spock. I gave a reason for saying that Paul would Hillary’s worst nightmare. You simply assert that this is wrong but don’t give a reason. Please elaborate.

[ejonesie22]

Heh heh, that’s worth the price of admission...

I fart in your general direction...

[jammer]

Okay, I agreed to it (other polls cited above show differently). Good change of subject from the argument I made, however.

[ejonesie22]

Ok you got me...

I’ll even get him in triple digits as penance...

3.25%

[Captain Kirk]

A nightmare for all of us

Interesting. More than few freepers have actually admitted that they would vote for her rather than Paul in a match-up. Are you one of them?

[Petronski]

3% sounds like a mighty surge, wow.

L.Ron Has Broken a Mighty Wind

[elizabetty]

Despite a media black-out

They have a blackout of everybody who is not newsworthy.

[No Blue States]

"This needs to be posted under Breaking Wind, not Breaking News."

LOL!

[Captain Kirk]

Thank you sir. Don’t tell the Hunter, Tancredo, and Brownback supporters, however.

[MEGoody]

I wonder if the other candidates followers will start throwing a hissy fit like Paul’s followers did when he lost.

[dirtboy]

You simply assert that this is wrong but don’t give a reason. Please elaborate.

Try the fact that Paul is a borderline nutcase and Hillary would mop the floor with him after the media put him through the wringer.

[A CA Guy]

Libertarians usually get 1.25% so 3% is like the second coming to some of these folks.

[MEGoody]

A major pollster

Who? Or perhaps you can provide a link to the article you mentioned.

[M203M4]

Ron Paul won? Doesn't count by definition.

Shrimp, Paul/Kucinich, Paul/Osama bin Laden, Paulbearers, cut and run, hide and seek, liberaltarian, Ru Paul.

[Hurricane Bruiser]

I don’t know how many Dems voted in this poll. I am sure some did but I am also sure that quite a number of Dems would vote for Ron Paul over Hillary.

The Republican Party must attract independants and conservative Democrats in order to win this election. From what I see of the other candidates, not many independants would vote for a Bush clone and conservative Republicans are upset at the growth of government and might stay home. That plus the unhappiness with the war, tells me that Hillary would win unless the GOP picks someone who is against policing the world such as Ron Paul.

[ejonesie22]

There is a fine line between blacking out and lack of interest to avoid passing out...

[dirtboy]

No....but Paul is moving up, now ahead of Hunter, Brownback and Tancredo. Despite a media black-out (including talk radio and Fox), he is now up to 3 percent.

Paul - 2nd best in the 2nd tier.

[Captain Kirk]

They have a blackout of everybody who is not newsworthy

A freeper defending in the media eh? You are wrong, however. Hunter, Tancredo, and Huckabee (though they are running even or behind Paul in the polls) has been interviewed endless times by the lacks of Hannity, Glen Beck, and Chris Matthews.

[ejonesie22]

My lips are sealed. They don’t like me much anyways.

[Petronski]

L.Ron would have done EVEN BETTER, but the Bilderbergers and the Joooooos were working busily--in the shadows, mind you--to keep credentialed Paulbearers from voting. It's a conspiracy, I tells ya! A conspiracy!

[ejonesie22]

It’s a damned landslide!

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Pauls popularity is rising faster than the world’s oceans!!! Beware you FredHeads...the six inch tsumani is comin’ soon!!!

[DesScorp]

“Only in your parallel universe, Captain. Say hi to Bad Spock for us.”

Best....Line....of the Day!

[ejonesie22]

Hush, don’t let them know, they may read about it on a Freerepublic thread or something...

Wait a minute...

DOH!