I haven't seen this diaried yet, so for what it's worth, I'll put it out there
I'm on the Family Research Council's mailing list (always fun to know if there's going to be something interesting locally...) and this came out this afternoon:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2009
CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS
Mike Huckabee Wins Values Voter Summit Straw Poll
September 19, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Mike Huckabee has convincingly won Family Research Council's second-ever Values Voter Summit Straw Poll. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, and Mike Pence finished roughly tied for second place.
Only registered participants of the Summit who were present at the event were allowed to vote.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement in reaction to the second ever Values Voter Summit Straw Poll:
"We were surprised that the event's turnout was more than double our expectations, clearly showing intensity among social conservatives. This was the first time potential conservative candidates could present their vision for change. We have over 1,800 registrants and over 175,000 unique online viewers."
The following are the straw poll results:
Candidate Name Total Votes Percentage
- Mike Huckabee170 28.48%
- Mitt Romney 74 12.40%
- Tim Pawlenty 73 12.23%
- Sarah Palin 72 12.06%
- Mike Pence 71 11.89%
- Newt Gingrich 40 6.70%
- Bobby Jindal 28 4.69%
- Rick Santorum 15 2.51%
- Ron Paul 13 2.18%
- Undecided 31 5.19%
- Other 10 1.68%
* The full results can be accessed at www.frcaction.org
Members of FRC Action are only allowed to vote once. For more information on The Values Voter Summit, log onto www.valuesvotersummit.org
Huckabee has some charisma, so he may be tough in 2012, but I'm not sure the "Villagers" will like him. I'm surprised to see Palin in fourth place, and I guess Santorum may just want to stay home. My governor, Pawlenty, has apparently sold himself as "one of them" after years of pretending to be more moderate.