Ron Paul Wins RLC Presidential Straw Poll with 39.69% of the Vote

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Ron Paul Wins RLC Presidential Straw Poll with 39.69% of the Vote

By RonPaul.com on June 18, 2011

Ron Paul (http://www.ronpaul2012.net/) overwhelmingly won the 2011 RLC Presidential Straw Poll, gaining 612 (39.69%) of a total of 1542 votes! Jon Huntsman came in second with 382 votes (24.77%), Michele Bachmann was third with 191 votes (12.39%), while last year’s winner (http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-04-10/mitt-romney-wins-srlc-straw-poll-by-one-vote-over-ron-paul-439-438/) Mitt Romney slipped to fifth with only 74 votes (4.80%).

Click here to watch Ron Paul’s full speech at the RLC. (http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-06-17/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-republican-leadership-conference/)

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Name Percentage Votes
Ron Paul 39.69% 612
Jon Huntsman 24.77% 382
Michele Bachmann 12.39% 191
Herman Cain 6.74% 104
Mitt Romney 4.80% 74
Newt Gingrich 4.47% 69
Sarah Palin 2.66% 41
Rick Santorum 1.95% 30
Tim Pawlenty 1.17% 18
Gary Johnson 0.65% 10
Buddy Roemer 0.58% 9
Thad McCotter 0.13% 2



Source: Ronpaul.com (http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-06-18/ron-paul-wins-rlc-presidential-straw-poll-with-39-69-of-the-vote/)