The GOP straw poll had a great turnout for it’s first year with 388 votes cast with hall and online votes combined. The final combined results were as follows:
Romney 136
McCain 104
Paul 96
Guiliani 34
Huckabee 9
Thompson 2
Hunter 1
The Ron Paul supporters were out in force and even brought a hot air balloon. Unfortunately the wind put an end to the balloon earlier than was hoped. Many of the RP supporters expressed disappointment from not knowing that online voting was possible. They said that if they only knew their families at home could have voted it would have been a lock. While that may be true the GOP felt that online voting capability was widely known.
From: The Everyday Republican The inside story of the Straw Poll was, of course, the balloting. The Romney campaign clearly pushed the “online balloting” portion of the event in their communications with supporters, as the online results showed: Giuliani 10, Huckabee 1, McCain 26, Paul 21, and 70 for Romney. In the hall, the results were: Giuliani 24, Huckabee 8, McCain 78, Paul 75, and Romney 66.
I had the good fortune to meet John of Right of the Middle who was also covering the straw poll.
If you missed it this is your lucky day. Now you can live the event through my video.
Pre-Speech Interviews
Starting Ceremony
McCain Video/Speech
Huckabee Speech
Giuliani Speech
Romney Video/Speech
Paul Video/Speech
Poll Closing/Results/Interviews
Tags: GOP, Hot Air Balloon, Interview, John McCain, Middletown, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Straw Poll
January 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Excellent coverage, very professional and complete.
January 28, 2008 at 3:43 pm
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January 28, 2008 at 4:09 pm
[...] thepoliticaltipster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt………….. The GOP straw poll had a great turnout for it’s first year with 388 votes cast with hall and online votes combined. The final combined results were as follows: Romney 136 McCain 104 Paul 96 Guiliani 34 Huckabee 9 Thompson 2 Hunter 1 The Ron Paul supporters were out in force and even brought a hot air balloon. Unfortunately the wind put an end to the balloon earlier than was hoped. Many of the RP supporters expressed disappointment from not knowing that online voting was possible. They said that if they only knew their families at home could have voted it would have been a lock. While that may be true the GOP felt that online voting capability was widely known. From: The Everyday Republican The inside story of the Straw Poll was, of course, the balloting. The Romney campaign clearly pushed the “online balloting” portion of the event in their communications with supporters, as the online results showed: Giuliani 10, Huckabee […] [...]
January 29, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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William Landers speaking for Governor Huckabee at the CT GOP STRAW POLL
January 31, 2008 at 1:12 pm
[...] held at 7PM on Sun. the 26th in Middletown had a much lower turnout than the previous night’s GOP straw poll. Like the GOP straw poll the place was full of Ron Paul [...]
April 7, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Yeah Brain I didn’t even bother to vote. I was the only conservative there. LOL.
I would of never voted for anyone other then Huckabee.
Brain,. Sayer isn’t the only one facing a challege in Windsor Locks.
Royston is going to face a challenger to.
May 12, 2008 at 5:12 am
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May 15, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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