Middletown Straw Poll Coverage – Jan. 26th

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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
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Clinton Speech
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Huckabee Speech
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Obama Speech
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Paul Speech
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McCain Speech
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Supporter Speeches
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Results Announcement
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