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2008 Primary Straw Poll Results

Conservatism from 1 to 10: 1=RINO - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5=Center-Right - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10=Ultraconservative - Trolls - ALL

Supporters of: Brownback - Gingrich - Giuliani - Hagel - Huckabee - McCain - Pataki - Romney - Tancredo - Thompson - ALL

Gender: Male - Female

Age Group: 18-24 - 25-34 - 35-44 - 45-54 - 55-64 - 65+

12661 ballots cast

First Choice:

Gingrich 3075 24.3%
Giuliani 2770 21.9%
Romney 2569 20.3%
 970 7.7%
Brownback 852 6.7%
Tancredo 851 6.7%
McCain 742 5.9%
Hunter 273 2.2%
Huckabee 185 1.5%
Hagel 183 1.4%
Thompson 148 1.2%
Pataki 43 0.3%

Candidate Acceptability:

Net Votes+ Votes- Votes
Brownback-87-0.7%481238489938.7
Gingrich4666+36.9%766660.5300023.7
Giuliani3213+25.4%699955.3378629.9
Hagel-6802-53.7%150411.9830665.6
Huckabee-1572-12.4%391730.9548943.4
Hunter-1476-11.7%386530.5534142.2
McCain-3434-27.1%383830.3727257.4
Pataki-6454-51%188714.9834165.9
Romney4624+36.5%759760297323.5
Tancredo-863-6.8%452735.8539042.6
Thompson-1771-14%393531.1570645.1

Gender:

Male 10463 82.6%
Female 1714 13.5%
 483 3.8%
16 to 20 1 0%

Age:

45-54 2858 22.6%
35-44 2611 20.6%
55-64 2151 17%
25-34 2038 16.1%
18-24 1650 13%
65+ 1008 8%
 344 2.7%
5 1 0%

Conservatism from 1 to 10

8 3944 31.2%
9 2918 23%
7 1624 12.8%
10 1267 10%
6 896 7.1%
5 806 6.4%
 288 2.3%
4 282 2.2%
-5 271 2.1%
3 202 1.6%
1 88 0.7%
2 75 0.6%

Note: -5 are lefty trolls.