The open Middletown Straw Poll which was 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 supporters.
The vote counting method seemed a bit confusing because all weren’t aware this was an instant run-off vote. In fact, had Ron Paul not won a good portion of his voters would have transferred their votes to Thomas Jefferson according to their ballots.
The first round results broke down like this:
Ron Paul 21
Hillary Clinton 15
Barack Obama 10
John McCain 1
Mitt Romney 1
The post run-off final tally was:
Ron Paul 23
Hillary Clinton 21
It didn’t occur to me previously, but I just realized that despite having a speaker Mike Huckabee received no votes. Strange indeed. This wasn’t a fluke of the announcement, there were really no ballots in the pile. Did the Huckabee speaker vote for someone else or just not vote?
Intro by Susan Bysiewicz
Clinton Speech
Huckabee Speech
Obama Speech
Paul Speech
McCain Speech
Supporter Speeches
Results Announcement
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Middletown Straw Poll, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Presidential Election 2008, Republican, Ron Paul
January 31, 2008 at 1:27 pm
[...] Rawbrain wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt…………… The open Middletown Straw Poll which was 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 supporters. The vote counting method seemed a bit confusing because all weren’t aware this was an instant run-off vote. In fact, had Ron Paul not won a good portion of his voters would have transferred their votes to Thomas Jefferson according to their ballots. The first round results broke down like this: Ron Paul 21 Hillary Clinton 15 Barack Obama 10 John McCain 1 Mitt Romney 1 The post run-off final tally was: Ron Paul 23 Hillary Clinton 21 It didn’t occur to me previously, but I just realized that despite having a speaker Mike Huckabee received no votes. Strange indeed. This wasn’t a fluke of the announcement, there were really no ballots in the pile. Did the Huckabee speaker vote […] [...]
January 31, 2008 at 1:42 pm
[...] One Guys Blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt …………… The open Middletown Straw Poll which was 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 supporters. The vote counting method seemed a bit confusing because all weren’t aware this was an instant run-off vote. In fact, had Ron Paul not won a good portion of his voters would have transferred their votes to Thomas Jefferson according to their ballots. The first r [...]
January 31, 2008 at 3:30 pm
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January 31, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Again, well done!
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