Middletown Straw Poll Coverage – Jan. 26th

Posted by brainflation on Thursday, January 31, 2008 · 5 Comments 

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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
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5011902303017617727]

Clinton Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5803845256228545626]

Huckabee Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3244601479859130531]

Obama Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2763971553062202403]

Paul Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7005686119110475171]

McCain Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9018612008156252472]

Supporter Speeches
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-353424605904752283]

Results Announcement
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3761411149772525472]

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5 Responses to “Middletown Straw Poll Coverage – Jan. 26th”
  1. steadyjohn says:
    January 31, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Again, well done!

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