Ruffini’s Straw Poll: The Results Are In
Well, with over 16,000 respondents, it’s safe to say Patrick Ruffini’s August Straw Poll was a roaring success. Here are the results and analysis, including some cool maps and graphics. Rudy G. was the overall winner with 30%, and he led the Decision ‘08 voters as well (some people have asked me why Decision ‘08 was dropped; it wasn’t, it’s just that the drop-down box only holds the highest referrers. Here are the Decision ‘08 results)….
UPDATE 1:55 p.m central: Betsy Page Newmark has the story of a decidedly less interesting poll…
Hey, Mark…did you notice that Huckabee put in a respectable showing for his first appearance on the poll? Ruffini put him in the “dark horse” category.
BSR
I did indeed notice…and he also took his home state…
i can’t understand why brownback from ks is not on the radar.
maybe it has something to do with my political outlook/philosophy……….ya’think?
louielouie, are you saying you’re singlehandedly keeping Brownback down?…
[...] Here’s DJ Drummond’s reaction to Patrick Ruffini’s straw poll: At best, this poll was meaningless, because of the myriad errors in its development. At worst, it was a cheap shot at qualified candidates. That’s too bad, because the poll could have been run to some good effect. If, for example, Ruffini had paid less attention to meaningless statistics, but asked his voters to detail what made their candidate qualified, he could have helped draw out what voters are looking for in the next President. By asking them to specify what worried them about candidates they didn’t choose, Ruffini could have helped these candidates address those concerns early on. It’s just too bad that Ruffini chose a poll which has no effective meaning for the campaigns ahead, and that a false image was created this early. After all, at one time when people didn’t look too deep, a lot of people thought Howard Dean looked Presidential. For the record, online polls are not scientific; if Patrick insinuated otherwise, he was wrong to do so. [...]