Presidential candidate Ted Cruz won a straw poll released by the Republican Party of Minnesota on Saturday.
Results were compiled as the party held its annual State Central Committee Meeting at Monticello High School.
During the meeting, 283 members participated in the presidential straw poll to select their choice for the Republican nomination.
The results are as follows:
Ted Cruz: 31.8 percent
Marco Rubio: 16.3 percent
Carly Fiorina: 11.7 percent
Donald Trump: 10.2 percent
Rand Paul: 9.9 percent
Ben Carson: 8.1 percent
Undecided: 6.7 percent
Jeb Bush: 1.4 percent
Chris Christie: 1.4 percent
John Kasich: 1.1 percent
Mike Huckabee: 0.7 percent
Rick Santorum: 0.7 percent
Jim Gilmore: 0 percent
Lindsey Graham: 0 percent
George Pataki: 0 percent
http://www.wday.com/news/minnesota/3897718-ted-cruz-wins-minnesota-gop-straw-poll
Wonder who had to leave Lindsey blank because the South Carolinian vacated the campaign
I have been active in GOP caucuses in MN for many decades. I would have voted for Ted Cruz too. Many of my friends are leaning to Cruz too.
I am not an “insider”! So, I think this may be the true perspective of MN’s GOP caucus folks.
The thing is - lots of people like what Trump is saying but he has such an ill-mannered approach to the campaign, and he seems to be so much ego driven. The latter really turns me off, as we have had Bill Clinton and Barack Obama who are examples of such people.
Of course, I may have to vote for Donald Trump if he gets the nomination simply because 1) He is intelligent, patriotic, and competent as an executive and 2) He is not Hillary Clinton who is unqualified for nearly every reason in the book: dishonest, conniving, power-seeking, unpatriotic, driven by PC, etc.; i.e everything I am for, Hillary is against.