| The Straw Poll tallied 5,775 votes but produced an ambiguous outcome.
In addition to participants voting at the event, FRC Action members could
vote online; to become an FRC Action member one only needed to make a donation
of as little as a dollar through the website. Further, the voting
started in August.
The top finishers among the 952 onsite votes tallied were Mike Huckabee
488 (51.26%), Mitt Romney 99 (10.40%), and Fred Thompson 77 (8.09%).
The top finishers when all 5,775 votes were tallied were Mitt Romney 1,595
(27.62%), Mike Huckabee 1,565 (27.10%) and Ron Paul 865 (14.98%).
Question: Which of the
following candidates for President would you be most likely to vote for?
Total
Votes
| Romney |
1,595
|
27.62%
|
| Huckabee |
1,565
|
27.10%
|
| Paul |
865
|
14.98%
|
| Thompson |
564
|
9.77%
|
| Brownback |
297
|
5.14%
|
| Hunter |
140
|
2.42%
|
| Tancredo |
133
|
2.30%
|
| Giuliani |
107
|
1.85%
|
| McCain |
81
|
1.40%
|
| 8 Dems. (total) |
32
|
0.55%
|
| Undecided |
329
|
5.70%
|
| No Vote |
67
|
1.16%
|
| Total |
5,775
|
|
|
|
On-Site Votes
| Huckabee |
488
|
51.26%
|
| Romney |
99
|
10.40%
|
| Thompson |
77
|
8.09%
|
| Tancredo |
65
|
6.83%
|
| Giuliani |
60
|
6.30%
|
| Hunter |
54
|
5.67%
|
| McCain |
30
|
3.15%
|
| Brownback |
26
|
2.73%
|
| Paul |
25
|
2.63%
|
| 8 Dems. (total) |
10
|
1.05%
|
| Undecided |
11
|
1.16%
|
| No Vote |
7
|
0.74%
|
| Total |
952
|
|
Further confusing matters, some
on-site attendees cast votes on-line; those are reflected in the total
votes but not these on-site votes. |
The Washington Briefing 2008: Values Voter Summit has already been scheduled
for September 12-14, 2008, when the general election campaign will be in
full swing. |
