IA SoS State Fair Straw Poll Live Results

[King]

Ron should disown his son. A Paul only getting 4% in a straw poll is embarrassing.

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Ron should disown his son. A Paul only getting 4% in a straw poll is embarrassing.

Maybe he'd adopt Jeff Flake instead.

[Vega]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

[Eraserhead]

Bernie well over 50% now. He's giving Hillary a good thrashing.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Bernie well over 50% now. He's giving Hillary a good thrashing.

OMGZ, run, all is lost!!

Everyone knows this is a joke.

[Mr. Morden]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

[Vega]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

Maybe he can carpool with Webb and O'Malley.

[Mr. Morden]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

Maybe he can carpool with Webb and O'Malley.

They might stumble into a debate in the car that isn't authorized by the DNC.

[Crumpets]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

Maybe he can carpool with Webb and O'Malley.

They might stumble into a debate in the car that isn't authorized by the DNC.

Don't worry, they could just label it a "mobile automotive candidate forum" and the DNC won't mind. Also, I bet Jim Webb gets shotgun.

[Mr. Morden]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

Maybe he can carpool with Webb and O'Malley.

They might stumble into a debate in the car that isn't authorized by the DNC.

Don't worry, they could just label it a "mobile automotive candidate forum" and the DNC won't mind.

Question: How many more miles until we stop for a bathroom break?

Chafee: In my administration, this quantity will be calculated in kilometers.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Wow, did Lincoln Chafee use some of his spending money to buy a few supporters?

I don't know, but apparently his campaign managed to scrape together enough money to fly him to Iowa to attend the fair in person:

http://www.statejournal.com/story/29794300/the-latest-chafee-santorum-appeal-for-iowa-support

I don't know how they managed that.  Will they be able to raise enough $ to pay for a return ticket, or will he have to hitchhike back to Rhode Island?

He probably got a cheap Priceline ticket.

[Adam Griffin]

Lincoln Chafee is "in it to win it"!

Translation: he's stuck in Iowa without a way back home until the campaign is over; will likely be couch-surfing until then

[Tender Branson]

Bernie increasing his margin with the fair-people:

53.4% Bernie
40.5% Hillary
  3.9% Martin
  1.6% Lincoln
  0.6% Jim

639 Dem votes cast

Trump remains far ahead with the GOP fair-people:

27% Trump
18% Carson

then a big gap.

1.429 GOP votes cast

[Landslide Lyndon]

Sounds like a bad rom-com.

The Socialist and the Trump.

[madelka]

Spoiler: Straw polls are irrelevant. Clinton will win the nomination.

[dudeabides]

Spoiler: Straw polls are irrelevant. Clinton will win the nomination.

Agree with the first sentence. The second one is probably true, but Bernie has momentum right now.

[cwt]

Spoiler: Straw polls are irrelevant.

Wait, does this mean that BLTs aren't the best way to eat bacon?

[Senator Cris]

Hillary is recovering.
                  
Hillary Clinton   554   46.83%                     
Bernie Sanders   568   48.01%                     

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Hillary is recovering.
                  
Hillary Clinton   554   46.83%                     
Bernie Sanders   568   48.01%                     

There.....she.....goes.....!!!

[Kingpoleon]

Hillary is recovering.
                  
Hillary Clinton   554   46.83%
Bernie Sanders   568   48.01%

What difference does it make?!?

[muon2]

The non-traditional candidates seemed to drop a little in both parties today. I suspect the weekend brought in a different mix to the fair, and it seems they were good for Sanders, Trump, Carson, etc. The numbers since last night seem more like the totals from Fri night.

[The Other Castro]

Toss this in the trash, "Infused in Chocolate" is at less than 3%!

[Donerail]

Resounding victory for BLTs, but the low showing for the butter cow indicate the poll may not have captured a fully representative sample. Still, best to wait for the next round of polling and the results for the ultimate bacon brisket bomb before throwing it in the trash.

[Mr. Morden]

Some great pictures of the candidates at the fair here:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/photos-2016-presidential-candidates-at-the-iowa-state-fair-20150817

[Fusionmunster]

Hillary and Sanders are now tied in the straw poll by the way.