CPAC Straw Poll: We Want Mittens with Principles!! - Granite Grok

CPAC Straw Poll: We Want Mittens with Principles!!

Yeah, that makes no sense, but that’s the conundrum posed by the CPAC Straw Poll results this weekend. The poll was conducted in two parts, CPAC attendees and National. A unique ID was provided to each registrant, and 3408 of the approximately 10,000 attendees voted.

Link to the charts is below, but here is the nub of the matter: By roughly 58% to 35%, respondents wanted a candidate with principles over someone who was “most electable”, whatever that means. BUT, the same respondents also preferred Mittens over Santorum by around five points, with Gingrich and Paul trailing quite badly.

The CPAC attendees voting were about 45% students, and yet Ron Paul did very badly. There were also a lot of young people with Romney shirts and signs – paid “volunteers”??
UPDATE: Politico reports that “Romney’s camp bought registrations at CPAC to ensure their victory at the straw poll”. So it was not my overheated imagination! Paul stays away, Romney buys the straw poll – unholy alliance, anyone?

Link: CPAC Straw Poll and National Telephone Survey of Self- Identified Conservatives.

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