Ron Paul wins both tallies at GOP straw poll in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Ron Paul has won two separate tallies for the National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll.
Paul won both the Iowa-voters-only count at the Saturday convention in Des Moines as well as a tally of non-Iowans who participated.
In the Iowa voters result, Paul took 82%. Following him were Herman Cain with 14.7%, Rick Santorum with 1%, Newt Gingrich with 0.9%, Michele Bachmann with 0.5%, Rick Perry with 0.5%, Gary Johnson with 0.2%, with Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman 0%.
The total number of votes cast in that tally was 430.
In the tally of non-Iowans who voted, Paul won 26% followed by Cain at 25%, Perry and Santorum tied at 16%, Gingrich at 11%, Bachmann at 6%, Romney at 1%, and Huntsman and Johnson with 0%.
The total number of votes cast in that count was 101.
Though Paul won both tallies, the NFRA has not yet officially endorsed a candidate. Delegates to the convention will decide that later Saturday.
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82% No matter how you slice it, that's impressive.
Sweet!
I wonder if these results are trying to tell us something about Iowa voters or if the Repubs will just discredit it as a fraud polling...
Ron Paul is a serious force to be reckoned with...He is the only real canidate with real grass roots' support..He is the real deal!
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." -George Washington
Vote liberty 2012! Vote Ron Paul!
Ron Paul should draw his campaign to a close. Dennis Kusinich, dream on, anyway he is obsessed with the deficit and should quit now as he is boring everyone.
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When Ron Paul wins Iowa, it's a game changer. He is the only one that can defeat Barack Obama. It's either Ron Paul or four more years of "hope and change".
I was there to vote for Paul. Can't wait for the caucus! RON PAUL 2012! He can win Iowa!!!
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Ron Paul will win the GOP nomination.
Ron Paul will WIN the Iowa Caucus!
Paul may get 84% of 404(assuming he did not bus 'em in and pay their way a.k.a Bachmann) but he will NEVER get numbers like that in the state primaries ANY of them.
Without the Ron Paul Army, Republicans will be defeated. Doctor will win the nomination
That's great news! He missed finishing first in the WARA Straw Poll this morning in Tuscaloosa by 20 votes (5%).
Let's see if the nightly news sweeps this one under the rug too. Sooner or later they will have no choice but to mention Dr. Paul as a heavy weight GOP contender. Once that happens some of the American sheeple may actually understand his message of limited government, personal liberty, lower taxation, monetary policy and military spending.