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DENVER -- Ben Carson, the famed surgeon turned presidential candidate, rode his outsider message to victory on Sunday at the Western Conservative Summit straw poll sponsored by the Washington Examiner, edging out former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Taken together, the results point to the resonance of the anti-Washington message among conservative audiences, as all three candidates argued in different ways that they would shake up the DC status quo. Carson garnered 26 percent of the 871 votes cast; Fiorina got 23 percent; Walker was at 22 percent; and Ted Cruz, at 11 percent, was the...

GOP Presidential Candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich won the Straw Poll at the Florida Tea Party Convention Presidential Candidates Debate on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Finishing third and fourth were Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, after a heavy turnout of voting among thousands of attendees representing more than 100 Tea Party groups throughout Florida, the first large state conducting primary elections which likely will be impacted by the surprise surge of the new Tea Party second choice favorite, Newt Gingrich. Debate moderator and American Thinker columnist C. Edmund Wright, commented at the conclusion of the...

Welcome to GOPSTRAWPOLL.com! Originally created to avoid a splintering of the Republican vote, GOPSTRAWPOLL.com was started as soon as the Recall was certified in July. Our goal was to have only one strong Republican on the ballot. We couldnt turn back the tide of Republicans that are running. There are now over 40 Republicans qualified for the ballot.State Senator Tom McClintock tapped into his energized and large grassroots network to handily win our FIRST GOP straw poll.Now that the Secretary of State has certified the list of candidates, we are announcing:GOPSTRAWPOLL.COM THE SEQUEL This straw poll gives all Republican...