Posted on 03/11/2006 6:22:44 PM PST by slowhand520
March 11, 2006 SRLC Straw Poll: Frist Wins; Romney Second After five hours of voting and with more than 1,400 ballots cast, The Hotline SRLC Straw Poll has come to a close with a tremendous turnout. Sen. Bill Frist (TN) led the pack with nearly 37% of the vote, followed by MA Gov. Mitt Romney with 14%. Sen. George Allen (VA) was tied for third place with Pres. Bush (10%), despite Bush being a write-in candidate.
Hotline Straw Poll Unofficial Results Candidate Raw %age Bill Frist 526 36.9% Mitt Romney 205 14.4 George Allen 147 10.3 Pres. Bush (write in) 147 10.3 John McCain 66 4.6 Mike Huckabee 54 3.8 Write In (Not GB/CR) 43 3.0 George Pataki 38 2.7 Condi Rice (write in) 32 2.2 Sam Brownback 22 1.5 Rudy Giuliani 15 1.1 Newt Gingrich 13 0.9 Chuck Hagel 3 0.2
2nd Choices Of Frist Voters (%age Only) George Allen 18.4% Mitt Romney 12.0 Rudy Giuliani 12.0 John McCain 10.6 Pres. Bush (write in) 7.0 Mike Huckabee 4.0 Newt Gingrich 3.4 Sam Brownback 2.7 Condi Rice (write in) 2.1 Chuck Hagel 1.0 George Pataki 0.8 None 24.1 Other 3.0
Some notable info from the unofficial results: Total ballots cast now: 1427 Total non-spoiled ballots cast: 1311 Total ballots cast in '98: 858 Spoiled ballots 116 (8.1%) Total TN voters: 742 (52%) Number of Frist's votes outside TN: 97 Percent of Frist's votes from TN: 82% # Of TN voters who did not choose Frist first: 313 (42%)
Among the 526 voters who made Frist their top choice, Allen was the leading second-place vote getter with 18.4%. He was followed by Romney (12%), ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (10.8%), John McCain (10.6%), Bush (7.0%) and AR Gov. Mike Huckabee (3.4%). Nearly one in four Frist voters, though, indicated no second-place preference.
With more than a 66% increase in voter turnout from the ’98 SRLC straw poll, these results set the stage for the GOP WH battle that lies ahead. Stay tuned to The Hotline and On Call throughout the week for continued results, methodological notes and insider analysis.
Home-field advantage for Frist.
Frist ? A decent man but I don't think he's presidential material.
I dare say...if Guiliani had gone down there...he might have had higher numbers..
Romney paid for college students to fly in from all over the country and Frist bused many people in.
ROFL!! Condoleezza Rice as a write-in, beat a bunch of guys who are serious candidates!
Rice in 2008. The others are candidates, to be her VP. :)
McKook looks the fool with less than 10% (Bush write in vote)!
The leader of straw wins a poll of straw.
How fitting.
If Frist is the best we can do in '08, can you say "President Hillary"?
I knew you could.
George Allen
Pence or Tom as vice.
Allen
Yea, let's see how the talking heads spin this tomorrow morning given that they regard McKook as the GOP's best candidate.
How did Elvis vote before he left the building?.... anyone know?
Exactly. Since Frist is the home-town boy, Romney is considered the winner in all this. This must have been what McCain was seeing, that he'd be third to Romney. It's one thing to lose to Frist in his backyard, not Romney.
Frist isn't a bad choice...BUT that stock sell off sure leaves a sour taste and prolly will result in being the center of press attention if he runs.
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