Election 2008

Straw Polls

11 March 2006 - Southern Republican Leadership Conference Hotline Straw Poll Unofficial Results

Candidate Raw %age Bill Frist 526 36.9% Mitt Romney 205 14.4 George Allen 147 10.3 Pres. Bush (write in) 147 10.3 John McCain 66 4.6 Mike Huckabee 54 3.8 Write In (Not GB/CR) 43 3.0 George Pataki 38 2.7 Condi Rice (write in) 32 2.2 Sam Brownback 22 1.5 Rudy Giuliani 15 1.1 Newt Gingrich 13 0.9 Chuck Hagel 3 0.2 2nd Choices Of Frist Voters (%age Only) George Allen 18.4% Mitt Romney 12.0 Rudy Giuliani 12.0 John McCain 10.6 Pres. Bush (write in) 7.0 Mike Huckabee 4.0 Newt Gingrich 3.4 Sam Brownback 2.7 Condi Rice (write in) 2.1 Chuck Hagel 1.0 George Pataki 0.8 None 24.1 Other 3.0 Some notable info from the unofficial results: Total ballots cast now: 1427 Total non-spoiled ballots cast: 1311 Total ballots cast in '98: 858 Spoiled ballots 116 (8.1%) Total TN voters: 742 (52%) Number of Frist's votes outside TN: 97 Percent of Frist's votes from TN: 82% # Of TN voters who did not choose Frist first: 313 (42%)

20 May 2006 - Wisconsin State Republican Convention Straw Poll

Candidate Raw % ------------- --- --- George Allen 61 17 Rudy Giuliani 60 17 Newt Gingrich 53 15 Condi Rice 50 14 Mitt Romney 40 11 John McCain 37 10 No response 15 4 Sam Brownback 11 3 Bill Frist 8 2 Tom Tancredo 8 2 Write In 7 2 George Pataki 4 1 Mike Huckabee 2 1 Chuck Hagel 1 0 ------------- --- --- 14 entries 357

5 June 2006 - Macomb County Michigan Presidential Straw Poll

Candidate Votes Tom Tancredo 60 Rudy Giuliani 45 Mitt Romney 40 Condolezza Rice 39 Newt Gingrich 38 John McCain 38 George Allen 21 Mike Pence 15 Ron Paul 14 Mike Huckabee 6 Bill Frist 4 Alan Keyes 2 Candice Miller 2 Sam Brownback 1 Total 327

Source: http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2006/06/macomb_county_p.html

2 March 2007: Spartanburg, South Carolina Straw Poll

Candidate Votes John McCain 164 Rudy Giuliani 162 Duncan Hunter 158 Sam Brownback 85 Mitt Romney 80 Newt Gingrich (write-in) 33 Mike Huckabee 21 Tom Tancredo 10 John Cox 4 Ron Paul 4 Condoleezza Rice (write-in) 2 Jim Gilmore 1 Tommy Thompson 1 Sanders (the party was unable to identify this candidate) (write-in) 1 Total cast 776

Source: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/mccain-wins-spartanburg-straw-poll.html

12 May 2007 - Wisconsin GOP Straw Poll

Candidate Votes Fred Thompson 95 Tommy Thompson 84 Mitt Romney 41 Rudy Giuliani 35 Sam Brownback 14 Newt Gingrich 12 John McCain 10 Tom Tancredo 8 Duncan Hunter 3 No response 2 Ron Paul 1 Write in 1 Jim Gilmore 0 Chuck Hagel 0 Mike Huckabee 0 Total cast 306

Source: http://blogs.wispolitics.com/GOPconvos/2007/05/fred-thompson-walker-top-wispolitics.html

8 June 2007 - Utah State Republican Convention Presidential Straw Poll

Candidate RAW % Mitt Romney 1042 80.46% Ron Paul 70 5.41% Rudy Giuliani 57 4.40% John McCain 54 4.17% Tom Tancredo 19 1.47% Tommy Thompson 16 1.24% Fred Thompson (write-in) 15 1.16% Mike Huckabee 12 0.93% Sam Brownback 8 0.62% Stan Lockhart (write-in, newly elected Chair of the Utah GOP) 1 0.08% Newt Gingrich (write-in) 1 0.08%

19 June 2007 - National Taxpayers Union Straw Poll

Candidate Percent Fred Thompson 25.7% Ron Paul 16.7% Rudy Giuliani 12.5% Mitt Romney 9.0% John McCain 5.6% Mike Huckabee 4.8% Jim Gilmore 4.2% Newt Gingrich (write in) 3.5% Sam Brownback 2.1% Duncan Hunter 2.1% Tom Tancredo 2.1% Dick Armey (write in) 1.4% Hillary Clinton 1.4% Barack Obama 1.4% Tommy Thompson 1.4% Jeb Bush (write in) 0.7% Tom Coburn (write in) 0.7% Steve Forbes (write in) 0.7% Mike Gravel 0.7% Bill Richardson 0.7%

Source: http://blog.ntu.org/main/post.php?post_id=2116

1 July 2007 - California Republican Assembly

Candidate Percent Fred Thompson 25% Duncan Hunter 19% Mitt Romney 19% Ron Paul 12% Tom Tancredo 8% Newt Gingrich 7% Rudy Guiliani 7% Sam Brownbeck 3% Mike Huckabee 0% Tommy Thompson 0%

Source: http://www.californiarepublicanassembly.com/news.htm?news_id=8

4 July 2007 - Cobb County, Georgia GOP Straw Poll

Candidate Votes Percent Fred Thompson 73 29.67% Ron Paul 43 17.48% Mitt Romney 38 15.45% Mike Huckabee 33 13.41% Newt Gingrich 29 11.79% Rudy Giuliani 26 10.57% Tom Tancredo 2 .008% John McCain 2 .008% Total 246 100.00% Other announced candidates were on the ballot but received no votes.

Source: http://www.cobbgop2007.com/

8 July 2007 - Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers

Candidate Vote Percent Ron Paul 182 61.90% Rudy Giuliani 22 7.48% Daniel Gilbert 20 6.80% Mitt Romney 13 4.42% Mike Huckabee 10 3.40% Tom Thompson 9 3.06% Sam Brownback 8 2.72% Duncan Hunter 6 2.04% Newt Gingrich 5 1.70% John Cox 4 1.36% Fred Thompson 4 1.36% Tom Tancredo 3 1.02% Robert Haines 2 0.68% George Phillies 2 0.68% Dennis Kucinich 1 0.34% John McCain 1 0.34% Mickey Mouse 1 0.34% Barack Obama 1 0.34% Totals 294 100.00%

Source: http://www.cnht.org/

8 July 2008 - Young Republicans Straw Poll

Candidate Vote Percent Mitt Romney 163 46.97% Tommy Thompson 103 29.68% Rudy Giuliani 37 10.66% Mike Huckabee 14 4.03% Duncan Hunter 14 4.03% Ron Paul 11 3.17% John McCain 5 1.44% Totals 347 100.00%

Source: http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/08/young-republican-straw-poll/

11 August 2007 - Iowa Republican non-binding Ames Straw Poll

The results of the Iowa Republican Party's Ames Presidential Straw Poll

as certified by State Auditor David Vaudt and Chairman Ray Hoffmann are:

Candidate Votes Percent Mitt Romney 4,516 31.5% Mike Huckabee 2,587 18.1% Sam Brownback 2,192 15.3% Tom Tancredo 1,961 13.7% Ron Paul 1,305 9.1% Tommy Thompson 1,039* 7.3% Fred Thompson 203 1.4% Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3% Duncan Hunter 174 1.2% John McCain 101 1.0% John Cox 41 0.1% Total 14,302 100.0%

26,000 Total Tickets were sold.

Source: Cyclone Conservatives: http://cycloneconservatives.blogspot.com/2007/08/mitt-romney-wins-ames-straw-poll.html

Source: Iowa Republican Party: http://www.iowagop.net/shownews.asp?artid=20

* Some sources state 1,029.

17 August 2007 - Illinois Republican Party Straw Poll

Candidate Vote Percent Mitt Romney 373 40.35% Fred Thompson 184 19.96% Ron Paul 174 18.87% Rudy Giuliani 107 11.61% John McCain 38 4.12% Mike Huckabee 28 3.04% Sam Brownback 10 1.08% Duncan Hunter 6 0.65% Tom Tancredo 2 0.33% Total 922 100.0%

The Illinois Republican Party sponsored the straw poll during its Republican

Day festivities at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Requirements to participate were

either having participated in one of the previously held Republican Presidential Debates or

having polled above 5% in a national, independent poll.

Sources: We Are Illinois: http://www.weareillinois.org/Connect/Detail/tabid/73/news_item_id/345/Default.aspx

QCTimes.com: http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/08/16//news/local/doc46c4e2256a2f9270245306.txt

1 September 2007 - Texas' Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Candidate Vote Percent Duncan Hunter 534 41.08% Fred Thompson 266 20.46% Ron Paul 217 16.69% Mike Huckabee 83 6.38% Rudy Giuliani 78 6.00% Mitt Romney 61 4.69% Ray McKinney 28 2.15% John Cox 10 0.77% John McCain 8 0.62% Sam Brownback 6 0.46% Tom Tancredo 6 0.46% Hugh Cort 3 0.23% Totals 1,300 100.00%

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Sep01/0,4670,TexasStrawPoll,00.html

22 September 2007 - Michigan Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Candidate Vote Percent Mitt Romney 383 39.12% John McCain 260 26.56% Ron Paul 106 10.83% Rudy Giuliani 104 10.62% Fred Thompson 70 7.15% Mike Huckabee 25 2.55% Uncommitted 16 1.63% Ducan Hunter 12 1.23% Sam Brownback 3 0.31% Tom Tancredo 0 0.00% Totals 979 100.00%

The Mackinac Island Straw Poll, sponsored by the Hotline,

was held Friday 21 September and Saturday 23 September 2007. Only

conference registrants who were Michigan residents were eligible to vote.

Source: http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/09/post_219.html

20 October 2007 - Family Research Council Values Voters Straw Poll

Which of the following candidates for President would you most likely to vote for?

Candidate Vote Percent Mitt Romney 1,595 27.62% Mike Huckabee 1,565 27.10% Ron Paul 865 14.98% Fred Thompson 564 9.77% Undecided 329 5.70% Sam Brownback 297 5.14% Duncan Hunter 140 2.42% Tom Tancredo 133 2.30% Rudy Giuliani 107 1.85% John McCain 81 1.40% Not Voting 67 1.16% Barack Obama 9 0.16% Joe Biden 5 0.09% Hillary Clinton 5 0.09% John Edwards 4 0.07% Dennis Kucinich 4 0.07% Christopher Dodd 2 0.03% Bill Richardson 2 0.03% Mike Gravel 1 0.02% Totals 5,775 100.00%

Onsite Straw Poll Results

Candidate Vote Percent Mike Huckabee 488 51.26% Mitt Romney 99 10.40% Fred Thompson 77 8.09% Tom Tancredo 65 6.83% Rudy Giuliani 60 6.30% Duncan Hunter 54 5.67% John McCain 30 3.15% Sam Brownback 26 2.73% Ron Paul 25 2.63% Undecided 11 1.16% Not Voting 7 0.74% Barack Obama 5 0.53% Christopher Dodd 2 0.21% Dennis Kucinich 2 0.21% Joe Biden 1 0.11% Hillary Clinton 0 0.00% John Edwards 0 0.00% Mike Gravel 0 0.00% Bill Richardson 0 0.00% Totals 952 100.00%

5,775 votes were cast in the first-ever Values Voters Straw Poll

at the Family Research Council Action's 2nd Annual Washington Briefing. FRC Action

members had the choice of voting on-line, by mail, or at electronic voting stations

during the event. All presidential candidates from both parties were listed on the ballot.

Source: http://www.frcaction.org/

6 November 2007 - Democracy for America 2007 Internet Pulse Poll

Candidate Vote Percent Representative Dennis Kucinich 49,364 31.97% Former Vice President Al Gore 38,242 24.77% Former Senator John Edwards 24,078 15.60% Senator Barack Obama 21,403 13.86% Senator Hillary Clinton 6,504 4.21% Governor Bill Richardson 6,309 4.09% Other 3,171 2.05% Senator Christopher Dodd 2,415 1.56% Senator Joe Biden 1,723 1.12% Former Senator Mike Gravel 1,182 0.77% Totals 154,391 100.00%

Source: http://www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/pulsepoll/results