... who speak the truth. And Ron Paul speaks the truth as he sees it. Although I disagree with him on many issues I believe he is authentic. That is why they hate him as much as Al Gore.

Actually shy of 10%. About the same as Kinky Friedman did in the Texas governor's race.

He doesn't have a chance.

I guess people like having a government that screws them. Like some sort of weird masochism.

I did inhale.

I think he's a racist xenophobe. He wants to overturn Roe v. Wade and withdraw from the UN. Most of his positions offend me.

But he wants to withdraw from NATO and bring all troops home from overseas. I'm a single-issue voter. I'd vote for him over every democrat in the race except Kucinich. Fat chance, though.

... to Kucinich.

I'm waiting for the Nantucket Journalists Association¹ to tell me who to vote for - they're all white, so they'll know who's best!

1: Tim "Timmeh" Russert, Chair; David "Stretch" Gregory, Vice Chair.

Scratch a "conservative" and you will find a racist.

Tom

1. Gov Mitt Romney, 4516 votes, 31.6%.
2. Gov. Mike Huckabee, 2587 votes, 18.1%
3. Sen. Sam Brownback, 2192 votes, 15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo, 1961 votes, 13.7%.
5. Ron Paul, 1305 votes, 9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson, 1,009 votes, 7.3%
7.* Fred Thompson, 231 votes, 1.6%.
8.*Rudy Giuliani, 183 votes, 1.3%
9. Duncan Hunter, 174 votes, 1.2%.
10.* John McCain, 101 votes, 0.7%.
11. John Cox, 41 votes, 0.1%.

Counted 14,302 votes

*Note These three candidates did not actively participate, but their names appeared on the ballot

figures source

26000 tickets sold, 14,302 votes cast?

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What a disappointment if the ballots weren’t counted correctly. Is there no end to this US voting mess? Set the damn Diedbold machines on fire and give everyone a piece of paper with a number on it that is recorded by a scrutineer (preferably with the name of the voter matched with the number that can later be verified if absolutely necessary) That makes this straw poll, indeed be made of straw...might as well throw the results to the wind. I have no favourites in this poll ... just happened to stumble across the link by googling GOP Iowa results.

How desperate can people be to either say this poll was fixed or that anyone really did screw it up. This vote is not official...why would anyone, if true, go to that trouble for an informal poll?