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2 Times a Charm -- Rick Perry Takes 2nd Straight Straw Poll
Townhall.com ^ | 3rd October 2011 | Townhall Presidential Straw Poll

Posted on 10/04/2011 5:02:00 PM PDT by shield

Despite mixed reviews from his debate performances, Rick Perry continues to lead the GOP field. Amassing over 30% of the vote Perry took the September Townhall and HotAir Republican Straw Poll.

Ron Paul's support stayed steady, taking 2nd place for the 5th time since we began polling in January. He has won the straw poll three times. Sarah Palin has also won the poll three times, but not since March.

Herman Cain finally stopped his slide, gaining slightly this month. Michele Bachmann lost support for the 2nd straight month. After peaking at 13.6% she has lost over half of her support, coming in at 6% this month. She had the biggest slide this month at 4.4 points. Rick Perry had the biggest gain with 3.3 points. After bottoming out at 1.4% in July, Newt Gingrich has modestly increased his support for two straight months. He still hasn't completely recovered from early campaign mishaps, nor has he seen the level of support he received back in March when he took 11.75% of the vote.

For the most part however, there were no radical shifts in support this month. This could be an indication that supporters are getting more comfortable with their particular candidate. As we get closer to the primaries it will be very interesting to see if support shifts or if one candidate starts to consolidate the vote.

Thaddeus McCotter dropped out of the race and was subsequently removed from the poll.



TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: heartless; mittensucks; perry; perryleads; presidential; strawpoll
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To: shield

The only polls I pay attention to are professional , are the straw polls done in person. We all know this is a bogus one.


41 posted on 10/04/2011 6:34:30 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: NautiNurse

Actually, I had forgotten I had voted in that poll since it was up for a month...so I went to vote and it stopped me and wouldn’t let me vote. I had used a different email address to and it still wouldn’t let me vote.


42 posted on 10/04/2011 6:35:41 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: potlatch

ROFLOL, did I say freep mail??? No I did not say freep mail, you do know the staff has a list of contributors and supporters and more than one has an email address. The year is 2011, not 1911. LOL, you are funny.


43 posted on 10/04/2011 6:40:35 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: potlatch

NO...I’m not going to use the ping list in FReepmail to get anyone to vote in a poll. IF we can’t be honest and up front what can of people are we? I will not act like the libs or DU’ers and do underhanded crap. I consider those types low lifes...count me out of that completely.


44 posted on 10/04/2011 6:41:22 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: org.whodat

Why don’t you move your funky ass to chat. You jump these threads every time you can. Get lost scum bag. I would love to see you in person. You must be pathetic.


45 posted on 10/04/2011 6:42:52 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: shield

I know you don’t shield, and that’s why I wrote what I did.
Often people accuse others of doing things that they do themselves.


46 posted on 10/04/2011 7:10:49 PM PDT by potlatch (Two Eyes, Two Ears, One Mouth - Use Them Proportionately)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Perry will need a VP with more foreign policy experience...

Which of them wouldn't need a VP with strong foreign policy ... but all of them would beat what we have now! At least our friends and enemies would know who they are.

47 posted on 10/04/2011 7:14:35 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: shield
Actually, I had forgotten I had voted in that poll since it was up for a month...so I went to vote and it stopped me and wouldn’t let me vote. I had used a different email address to and it still wouldn’t let me vote.

You're doing it wrong then or it's keeping your email cached or something, I just voted three times. Three different email addresses on different devices.
48 posted on 10/04/2011 7:15:07 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: shield

Santorum and Huntsman finished below Undecided?

LOL. Give it up fellas.


49 posted on 10/04/2011 7:15:16 PM PDT by Hugin ("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
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To: org.whodat

[you do know the staff has a list of contributors and supporters and more than one has an email address. ]

I may be ‘funny’ but you are snide and ugly acting all the time and everyone knows it. If your way of ‘winning’ something is by tearing down others then I just feel sad for you.

And - I have no idea of what ‘staff’ you are talking about as I don’t belong to any organized Perry group. I post my graphics and try my best to post factual information and I do it on my own without pinging a bunch of people to back me up as so many others do.


50 posted on 10/04/2011 7:17:59 PM PDT by potlatch (Two Eyes, Two Ears, One Mouth - Use Them Proportionately)
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To: normy

Bump to that!!


51 posted on 10/04/2011 7:19:50 PM PDT by potlatch (Two Eyes, Two Ears, One Mouth - Use Them Proportionately)
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To: shield
NO...I’m not going to use the ping list in FReepmail to get anyone to vote in a poll. IF we can’t be honest and up front what can of people are we? I will not act like the libs or DU’ers and do underhanded crap. I consider those types low lifes...count me out of that completely.

It's good that you have that attitude, but what makes you think that thousands of other people aren't out there answering that poll multiple times? And speaking of DUers, they could very well be hitting those polls as well.

This is not a good poll, because if I can vote three times in less than three minutes without doing anything difficult, I'm pretty sure it's being gamed by a lot of people. There is already an astroturfing group out there setup by Rick Perry supporters earlier this summer, and somebody told me that another 501c group was started for Perry last week. These kinds of polls will be targeted by those groups - it's what they do, they pay people to go out, post on forums, post in online polls, post comments on blogs, etc.
52 posted on 10/04/2011 7:23:36 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: shield

All internet polls are meaningless and in fact scientific polls at this early stage of the primaries are meaningless. Having said this, I am in total support of Rick Perry.


53 posted on 10/04/2011 7:30:13 PM PDT by jgge
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To: bwc2221

Easy there tough boy, there are many men supporting Perry and many good women as well. You are writing off Perry very easily and you will end up very disappointed at the end.


54 posted on 10/04/2011 7:40:24 PM PDT by jgge
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To: lonestar

I agree with you...now it is important to have someone who has the right attitude about America’s role in the world.


55 posted on 10/04/2011 8:10:16 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Rick Perry 2012)
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To: Hugin

NEVER...When I see everything including the kitchen sink thrown at a man, like Perry...he is the one we need in the WH. There is NO one that can touch Perry in the hate directed at him. So everyone’s ears ought to be open and going HMMMMMMMMMMM...wonder why? What is scaring the sh*t out of them with this man? And here is a good standard Texas saying...REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!! LOL


56 posted on 10/04/2011 8:26:32 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

One of the “right attitudes” is not name your ranch “N#$$er Head” and give free stuff to illegals. He is finished. Adios amigo.


57 posted on 10/04/2011 8:27:55 PM PDT by PETENICK1
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To: shield
And here is a good standard Texas saying...REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!! LOL

A hundred and fifty Texans wouldn't have died at the Alamo if that place had had a back door.

58 posted on 10/04/2011 8:30:24 PM PDT by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: org.whodat; Liz; 2ndDivisionVet

Gee - did Perry shoot your dog or something?

Every danged thread you show up and snipe. Never contribute to the actual discussion, never respond to questions with anything other than a retarded LOL and an ad homenim.
Could you at least have the same courtesy as Liz and make your posts easily identifiable so I can ignore them. Or preferably be as honest and honorable as 2DV and actually engage in the discussion at hand.


59 posted on 10/04/2011 10:37:59 PM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: shield

I wasn’t saying you should give it up, I meant Huntsman and Santorum.


60 posted on 10/04/2011 11:16:42 PM PDT by Hugin ("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
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