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They don’t give raw totals or the details of how the vote was conducted (online?). And Rubio apparently got 33.7% to Cruz’ 30.3%, not as reported at the top of the thread.

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Here's the "straight scoop" on the conflicting straw poll numbers ...

Today I sent the original story out (below) as a national press release to parties such as Drudge, Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, AP, 15 major Florida newspapers, CNN, Fox news ... Washington Times ... many others.

I'm not surprised by somebody "getting the straw poll numbers wrong" /sarcasm-off ...

The FIRST thing I did upon arrival at the meeting was to copy the Candidate names down in my notebook, in the exact order as the "blue" Straw Poll Ballot.

That way, when the vote count was announced, I could quickly and "accurately" transcribe the numbers as they were announced.

Kevin Wright, a fellow attendee, was standing immediately to my right as the vote numbers were announced, and I was "indeed" surprised when the moderator said "30.7 percent for Marco Rubio" ...

I turned to Kevin and asked "30.7 for Marco" ?

Kevin replied, "Yes !" ...

all in the space of 10 seconds ...

after which I continued writing down the remained of the numbers.

I stand by my account, the famously "liberal" Tampa Bay Times notwithstanding.

I'm a Senior Aerospace Mechanical Engineer. I east and sleep "numbers" ... especially ones that are important and have a publicly stated value of "30.7 percent".

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