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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:45:35 +0000

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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Results: Fred! wins April’s 2008 straw poll

Thu, 03 May 2007 19:43:02 +0000

[...] Several days ago, I posted a 2008 straw poll consisting of popular and potential (in this case, both) GOP candidates. Well, the results are in and Fred! didn’t just win, he blew the competition out of the water solar system: [...]

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:17:36 +0000

Dratted collapsing white-space, should have used leading periods……..

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:16:27 +0000

Here are some interesting numbers. I took a snapshot of the poll results based on those who selected each of the candidates as their first choice and how many of them marked Fred! as acceptable.

Name 1st votes Pro-Fred %
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Brownback 137 89 65.0%
Gilmore 31 20 64.5%
Gingrich 507 434 85.6%
Giuliani 1392 1165 83.7%
Huckabee 67 50 74.6%
McCain 224 161 71.9%
Pataki 11 6 54.5%
Romney 858 646 75.3%
Tancredo 306 191 64.1%
T. Thompson 63 44 69.8%

I’m sure that won’t line up very well, but it should be clear enough. No other candidate has 50+% positives from all other candidates’ backers. Landslide-style.

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:53:32 +0000

This site does not run the poll, it’s a linkapp that sends to http://www.gopstrawpolls.com.

But for information purposes, the instructions would get the proper results if they read as such:

For EVERY candidate, select either acceptable or unacceptable. In addition, identify your first choice among all the candidates.

I’ve noticed every time that the number of respondents who select a candidate as their first choice don’t all pick them as acceptable. Even worse, I’ve seen several who click on UNACCEPTABLE for the candidate they name as first choice. Most common source of that offense is Tommy Thompson backers. 62 picked him as first choice; 30 of those picked him as acceptable, 12 as unacceptable. Make sense of that.

By: Bradky

Bradky — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:57:26 +0000

manwithblackhat on April 30, 2007 at 5:44 PM

LOL I had to look it up – never watched an episode. I do remember some news story a few years back where a spokesman for the Teachers Union proposed they adopt the educational reforms of President Bartlett.

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:44:32 +0000

After all he did have 8 successful years…

No, he had seven. They wrapped up the series a year early, remember? Even Camelot has only so much of a shelf life.

By: Bradky

Bradky — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:40:30 +0000

If Thompson keeps making gains like this Martin Sheen will probably enter the race. After all he did have 8 successful years and changed the world (in a parallel universe)…..

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:37:54 +0000

manwithblackhat, here's the man whom the dance was named after.

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:33:40 +0000

Anybody remember a dance called “The Freddie”?

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:19:47 +0000

My source tells me that the FL Governor has recieved visits from at least two Candidates investigating a possible run at VP.

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:11:28 +0000

PinkyBigglesworth on April 30, 2007 at 3:26 AM I might add ASAP!

By: Nethicus

Nethicus — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:52:44 +0000

I think that the “Lefty Troll” results are a good indicator of who we want to run and who we don’t.

Notice how McCain is the only “green” candidate on that list.

By: soulsirkus

soulsirkus — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:31:30 +0000

These results are very perplexing. Fred is just kicking Rocky Top Butt. Is it the Hollywood thing? Is it a fresh face thing? Is it the personable nature? Is it the respect gained in serving America? Is it all of the above? Yep, if the campaign money flows, he could be The Man. By the way, without question. Fred/Rudy…That’s the ticket!

By: techno_barbarian

techno_barbarian — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:26:31 +0000

Thompson/Steele

stenwin77 on April 30, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Yep. That’s the winning ticket, IMHO. Stack that up against shrillery/St. obama and it’s no contest; advantage GOP.

By: WisCon

WisCon — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:04:19 +0000

“None” has more support than McCain…

Jaibones on April 30, 2007 at 8:55 AM

LOL

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:55:10 +0000

Fred! is killing the field. “None” has more support than McCain…

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:54:29 +0000

OMG.

“The president Americans want is, in fact, the guy they see on Law and Order: wise, thoughtful, deliberative, confident without the cockiness of George W Bush, urbane yet country. Fred Thompson communicates all those virtues.”

Well, it’s come to this. I agree with the Presidential political analysis of some guy writing in the Telegraph. Shipman nails it, but he missed one thing. Fred! can speak in complete sentences, and I believe he knows how to pronounce the word “nuclear”, which is nice.

Can you say gravitas?

By: stenwin77

stenwin77 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:24:52 +0000

Thompson/Steele

By: flutejpl

flutejpl — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:07:44 +0000

Hey Fred, get the message? Declare your candidacy!

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:36:32 +0000

Holy Farking FRED!!!!!

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:12:54 +0000

For whatever it is worth,. Regarding Giuliani: Giuliani's Clients

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:26:33 +0000

Fred/Duncan……… secure the damn borders, will you?

Will you please “Secure the Borders”

Please….

Will you you just please just Secure the Borders??????????

By: Axe

Axe — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:38:21 +0000

Ha! C’mon, Fred? As I post this he’s at 56%! That shows the weakness in our field. I think we’re smurfed this time, unless something interesting happens.