I recall three firsts in straw polls offhand, by far the most important was the largely uncontested Texas one.
Duncan's MeetUps: "339 Duncan Hunter Supporters in 19 Groups from 17 Cities"
That's pretty limited. Ron Paul is mustering 60,000 currently and didn't even try to get them to sign up. Admittedly, that's a geeky bunch. But look at some of the other candidate's and their grassroots. There's a big difference.
141 Fred Thompson Supporters in 9 Groups from 8 Cities (yikes!?!?)
The others are all under one hundred total. Man, that's a pathetic showing for grassroots by the other candidates. I thought Fred and Mitt would be in the thousands. Big surprise for me.
The fundraising is less encouraging:
Whatever the merits of Duncan's positions and record, it's very hard to take much encouragement from those numbers.
Republican Candidates Candidate Home State Q3 Raised Q3 Spent Raised Spent Cash on Hand Debts MA
$18,396,719
$21,301,756
$62,829,069
$53,612,552
$9,216,517
$17,350,000
NY
$11,624,255
$13,300,650
$47,253,521
$30,603,695
$16,649,826
$169,256
AZ
$5,734,478
$5,470,277
$32,124,785
$28,636,157
$3,488,628
$1,730,691
TN
$12,828,111
$5,706,367
$12,828,111
$5,706,367
$7,121,744
$678,432
TX
$5,258,456
$2,169,644
$8,268,453
$2,824,786
$5,443,667
$0
KS
$925,745
$1,278,856
$4,235,333
$4,140,660
$94,654
$0
CO
$767,152
$1,209,583
$3,538,244
$3,458,130
$110,079
$295,603
AR
$1,034,486
$819,376
$2,345,798
$1,694,497
$651,301
$47,810
CA
$536,357
$618,117
$1,890,873
$1,758,132
$132,742
$50,000
MD
$21,218
$10,139
$22,768
$10,139
$12,629
$12,876
