POTUS Barometer
Posted by Andy on April 22nd, 2007
Here are the results from the 4th Congressional District Republican’s Presidential straw poll from Saturday.
92 total ballots were cast.
Fred Thompson - 31
John McCain - 13
Mitt Romney - 10
Rudy Guilani - 8
Tom Tancredo - 8
Newt Gingrich - 6
Sam Brownback - 5
Ron Paul - 2
Tommy Thompson - 2
Mike Huckabee - 1Other - 6 (including one vote for Tim Pawlenty)
A few people voted for themselves and were not posted, thus the totals don’t add up to 92.
It is quite interesting especially considering only two of them had any presence there. Someone distributed flyers for Tancredo, and some College Republicans had a table for McCain. It was low key, and there was no arm twisting.
I think the fact that Thompson showed so strongly should really send a clear message…..
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April 23rd, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Interesting results. I would have expected Thompson to do well among conservative activists, but I’m surprised he did that well, particularly since he hasn’t declared, yet.
I’m a little surprised McCain pulled better than either Romney or Guliani. I would guess if Thompson wasn’t in the mix, those two would pull more of the Thompson votes than McCain might.
One of the things I really hold against McCain is McCain-Feingold. Unfortunately Thompson was a vocal supporter of that as well, so I have to hold it against him, too. However, I do believe Thompson is a more reliable platform choice than Senator McCain.