Only 14,000 people showed up to the Iowa straw poll a week ago. That's over 10,000 less than did for the last Republican poll back with GW Bush. Is that significant? Does it lessen Mitt Romney's victory?
I don't think so and here's why -- only people who pay for the dinner get to vote. This year it was $35 a head. Candidates usually reimburse their supporters for this price and even offer to bus them in from other areas. Guliani and McCain boycotted this year's event, so the people they would have bussed in were not present. That was probably a few thousand a piece if not more if their supporters came on their own.
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Very good point you make, I wasn't aware of the boycott. This makes it much more difficult to put a finger on who is in the lead, no?
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