Senator John McCain can run, but he cannot hide!

Arizona Presidential Straw Poll Vote Results
Maricopa County Republicans repudiate Senator John McCain - with a vengenance

Maricopa County Republicans conducted a Presidential Straw Poll during the January 19th Maricopa County Republican Committee meeting in Tempe, Arizona. In the first category, the delegates were able to vote for only their first choice for president.

Those results were as follows. Presidential Straw Poll with 721 ballots cast:
188 Mitt Romney 26%
121 Fred Thompson 17% (withdrawn)
115 Ron Paul 16%
93 Duncan Hunter 13% (withdrawn)
80 John McCain 11%
33 Rudy Giuliani 9% (withdrawn)
32 Mike Huckabee 9%

In the second voting category, the delegates were able to vote for more than one candidate as unacceptable. In the Unacceptable Category, 427 out of 721 (59%) of the delegates declared McCain as one of their unacceptable candidates. The tallies were:
427 McCain
396 Paul
357 Giuliani (withdrawn)
340 Huckabee
156 Hunter (withdrawn)
152 Thompson (withdrawn)
121 Romney

In the third category, the delegates were able to vote for more than one candidate as acceptable. Those results were as follows:
370 Thompson (withdrawn)
358 Hunter (withdrawn)
356 Romney
235 Giuliani (withdrawn)
207 Huckabee
135 McCain
120 Paul

These issues were rated by the delegates as the most important for the presidential candidates to address:

643 STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
552 WIN WAR AGAINST TERROR
518 REDUCE GOV'T SPENDING
406 LOWER TAXES
390 SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
271 PRO-LIFE
226 CITIZEN'S GUN RIGHTS
196 DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION
106 CHOICE OF PRIVATE SS ACCOUNTS

Senator John McCain, you can run from your constituency, but you cannot hide.

Red State Patriot

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Posted January 28, 2008 04:32 PM
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