Posted on 03/01/2011 12:32:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin won the Townhall.com Republican Straw Poll for February reflecting the opinion of hundreds of thousands of conservative voters on Townhall.com and HotAir.com. Second place belonged to Ron Paul with 15 percent and third place went to Mitt Romney with 11 percent.
Townhall/HotAir, the leading conservative online network owned by Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM), released the February results of the Townhall Republican Straw Poll Monday. With hundreds of thousands of Townhall.com and HotAir.com readers registering their votes, the results foreshadow the battle for the Republican nomination over the next several months.
Despite no official candidates running yet, conservative voters are obviously beginning to develop favorites already in the field of possible choices.
The full results of the Townhall/ HotAir straw poll results are as follows:
18% Sarah Palin
15% Ron Paul
11% Mitt Romney
10% Newt Gringrich
8% Mike Huckabee
7% Chris Christie
6% Herman Cain
Full straw poll results and coverage of the 2012 Republican primary can be found on Townhall.com’s Tipsheet. Each month, until the nominee is determined, Townhall.com will reset the straw poll and announce the results of the preceding month to its two million email subscribers, the news media and through its print magazine, Townhall Magazine.
“With over four million active conservatives and tea party activists reading our content each month, the Townhall.com/ HotAir.com network represents exactly what the Republican primary electorate looks like,” Jonathan Garthwaite, General Manager of Townhall.com/HotAir.com, said. “We look forward to reporting on our readers’ opinions as the race for the Republican Presidential nomination takes shape this year.”
Being the leader in online conservative news, opinion and analysis, Townhall.com and its Republican Straw Poll are keeping track of the pulse of the conservative movement as the Republican primary battle continues to unfold.
Along with the interactive straw poll, Townhall.com offers many outlets for readers to get involved in the conservative movement including content from noted journalists, conservative cartoons and its print publication, Townhall Magazine. HotAir is the go-to conservative blog for over two million readers each month. Contributing writers for the Townhall/HotAir network include Ann Coulter, Thomas Sowell, Michelle Malkin, and many more.
Isn’t he 74??? He is anti Israel and an anti Semite. A complete loon...
Libertarians are merely CHEAP liberals. They are no different.
However on these internet polls people vote over and over and over. It is pretty much meaningless.
Someone here recently described libertarians as “liberals who want lower taxes”. I thought that was an excellent definition.
Huckabee was on a local talk show this morning (Mark Davis).. he is pushing his book.
Mark asked him about running and specifically when he would get into the race.
He said (not quoting) the later you can get in, the better. You save money and energy by waiting. He pointed out that Clinton didn’t get in until fall (I think October or November) when he first ran.
There didn’t seem to be much doubt that he was planning to get in.
I didn’t want him last time and I don’t want him this time. Not that he’s not an okay guy but that ole country boy act won’t play against Obama and anyway I don’t trust him. I don’t think he’s smart enough and I don’t think he’s with us on all our main issues.
No offense to anyone but I really don’t want pissant to pick up the phone or the mouse. He’s really starting to annoy me with his phony campaign supporting Bachman, which is nothing more than a ruse to undermine Sarah.
It’s kinda refreshing to see a positive thread without him.
Not that I object to anyone bringing up actual problems or issues with her, but not just the same old garbage.
Everyone knows her current draw and she can easily fill a venue, that’s why they are threatened by her.
Some people still have it in their head a woman can’t be President. Apparently they can be a lot of things just not President.
CEO - check!
Entertainer - check!
Senator - check!
Heck even Governor - check!
Just not President.
To that I say you find me a Jean Kirkpatrick, Golda Meir or a Margaret Thatcher and that woman has my vote.
Sarah comes closer than most men to my political ideals and she sticks to her word and promises.
She will have my vote and probably some of my hard earned loot when she decides to run.
pissant will be thrilled!
“Well, this is nice, but the straw polls don’t really mean much.”
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The way the media cooks the numbers, their “scientific” polls don’t mean much either:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2681359/posts
- JP
Yes, well, that about says it.
Libertarians like Ron Paul are either former Democrats that no longer smoke dope, or former Republicans that have taken up smoking dope....lol
Charlie Sheen like?
Oh BS...that is what our enemies including the establishment GOP would like us to believe...she is losing ground....don’t allow the left to pick our nominee like with McRino. This is what they are trying to do with the biggest RINO of all NEWT.
My post was about the hundreds of thousands of voters. I don’t believe.
“Charlie Sheen like?”
Yes, only on steroids if that is possible.
If she had come in 4th or 5th place I’m sure Pissant would have posted it. LOL!
...or don’t like Isreal.
IMO all these current straw polls show is that there isn’t a real front runner amongst the names being floated as potential candidates. Here’s another straw poll from this past weekend in Arizona featuring a lot of Tea Partiers. No favorite in it as I see.
The American Policy Summit put on by the “Tea Party Patriots” organization was held in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend. Of the 1600 people who voted in their straw poll in person, here’s the results:
Herman Cain 22%
Tim Pawlenty 16%
Ron Paul 15%
Sarah Palin 10%
Mitt Romney 6.5%
Michele Bachmann 5.6%
Interestingly, Rep. Ron Paul won the summit’s online poll winning nearly half the votes cast by more than 2,300 online registered attendees.
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