Ron Paul wins Values Voters straw poll

Dallas Morning News ^ | October 8, 2011 | Wayne Slate

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Ron Paul won the Values Voters straw poll on Saturday with 37 percent of the vote. Rick Perry finished in a tie for fourth with Michele Bachmann. Herman Cain, who received a raptuous response from the crowd to his speeh Friday finished second in the balloting of delegates attending the two-day showcase of Christian conservatives. Rick Santorum finished third with 16 percent. Perry and Bachmann each got 8 percent of the vote.

[deport]

>>>>>How many of these danged straw polls do we have to endure?<<<<<<<

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Here's another from today:

Oct 8, 2011

Herman Cain Tops Republican Presidential Straw Poll at Midwest Leadership Conference

St. Paul–Herman Cain topped the Republican Presidential Straw Poll conducted at the Midwest Leadership Conference, which concluded today, October 8. Conference attendees from throughout the Midwest, MLC volunteers and event vendors participated in the balloting.

Herman Cain captured 52.6 percent of the vote followed by Michele Bachmann with 12.2 percent and Mitt Romney at 11.1 percent.

Earlier Saturday, Cain addressed the conference via Skype and took questions from delegates.

Rounding out the voting Ron Paul captured 10.7 percent, Rick Perry 4.0 percent, Newt Gingrich 3.3 percent, Rick Santorum 2.0 percent, Jon Huntsman 0.9 percent and Gary Johnson with 0.2 percent.

The Midwest Leadership Conference gathered Republican leaders and activists from Republican National Committee's Midwest Region - Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota - and around the nation. The conference includes activist training sessions and speeches by notable conservative leaders including Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, syndicated talk show host Jason Lewis, political commentator Michael Reagan, and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush Karl Rove.

[SoCalTransplant]

Translation: 63% of the attendees were non-cult members, and of those folks Herman Cain was the winner.

[Mtner77]

Just thought that I would point out that argueing with a Ron Paul supporter who calls himself “Capt. Kirk” is probably not the best use of your blogging time....

Just saying....

[Servant of the Cross]

Obviously your candidate cheated. Or at least his Soros funded supporters did.

Values Voter straw poll organizers suggest a fix in Ron Paul's win

[Designer]

"Ron Paul has a cult following.."

Hmmm... What seems like a cult fascination to you is merely our great relief in discovering a political candidate who is not in it for only himself, one who has read and understands the Constitution, One who recognizes the danger of continuing to allow the globalists to set our agenda, one who knows instinctively that we cannot continue to spend in deficit, and similar differences between Dr. Paul and the "establishment" candidates.

IMO the real cultists are the ones who continue to blindly follow the failed leadership of the past.

[Designer]

"Don't most of the people there come to support a specific candidate?"

Of course they do. As one who has volunteered to hand out flyers for a candidate, I can attest that the percentage of "undecideds" is very low indeed. Most attendees are obviously committed before they arrive.

[Bokababe]

Of course they do. As one who has volunteered to hand out flyers for a candidate, I can attest that the percentage of "undecideds" is very low indeed. Most attendees are obviously committed before they arrive.

Thanks, Designer. That's what I thought.

So all kvetching is basically just sore loser nonsense about the fact that Ron Paul won.

[Designer]

Yup. Straw polls are unscientific, and never claimed to be.

Truly interesting to see the excuses posted for the losers.

[Sun]

“Ron is a master at winning those straw polls.”

But the people who ran the Values Voters Summit felt the straw poll was skewed, because those who voted for Paul LEFT right after their vote for Ron Paul.

So apparently their purpose was to have Ron Paul “win” a straw poll.

Herman Cain actually won the straw poll, imo.

[Kickass Conservative]

Same thing happened at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans earlier this year.

The Paul supporters were bussed in to hear his speech and vote in the Straw Poll. They were gone as soon as Paul finished his speech.

Unfortunately, I was surrounded by them. Nothing but rude College kids. I told the kid siting next to me that if the U.S. followed Ron Paul's Foreign Policy back in the 1940’s we would all be speaking German today. He got up and moved to another seat after I told him that.

I liken them to a swarm of Locusts.

[Sun]

Good for you for setting the kid straight!

If these students stayed at the Values Voters forum, they might actually learn something. Instead they ran off. They were just USING the Values Voters group to make Paul look good.

Glad Ron Paul is retiring.