Rick Perry wins Iowa county straw poll

Politico ^ | July 20, 2011 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

[Clairity]

Clay County GOP chairwoman Kirstine Thiessen confirmed that Perry won the straw poll vote the other night, which was held among those on hand for a planned meeting. The county, I'm told, is in Rep. Steve King's district, and abuts Minnesota.

Of the 59 votes cast, Perry won with 15, followed by Michele Bachmann with 9, Thiessen said. Rick Santorum got eight, Ron Paul got 6, Hermain Cain got 5, Thaddeus McCotter got four, and tied with Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney for that number. Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin each got two votes.

It's not quite a representative sample of the larger Iowa electorate, but it is worth noting.

[GoCards]

I know, thats why the next post was “My grammar sucked.....” :)

[mikhailovich]

One thing all Freepers should take into account when looking at various polls is that Perry is still absolutely unknown to most Americans. He has yet to make a speech directly to a national audience and only those who are interested in politics are "somewhat" familiar with him.

So when you compare him to Palin in Greta's poll you have to remember that Palin has been in the national eye for a couple of years now. Perry is just a sketchy unknown.

Let's revisit these numbers and polls once he tosses his hat in the ring and starts showing up nightly on ABC and CBS and CNN and making speeches across the country like all these other candidates have already been doing.

It is going to be very interesting once that happens.

Until then, throw this stuff out the window.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

The results of the Clay Co. straw poll is reflective of what I see on the ground here in Iowa. There was nothing surprising about it at all.