Straw poll

We reported on Scott Walker’s impressive victory last weekend in Prince William County. Now comes results from Prince William’s neighbor to the south, Stafford County.[read_more] In an informal 2016 presidential preference straw poll conducted at the monthly business meeting of the Stafford County Republican Committee…

Last night was the annual Prince William County Republican Committee’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner.  At the event, Ted Kirkpatrick and Coles District leaders hosted a presidential straw poll.  Every attendee was offered a ballot when they checked in.[read_more] The ballots consisted of two identical long lists…

Most observers (including me) were shocked not only that Dave Brat actually defeated Eric Cantor last Tuesday, but that he did so by such a wide margin. All we had heard of polls suggested that, at best, Brat was down by 12 points, with 9%…

The June 7 Republican Party of Virginia State Convention to nominate the GOP candidate to replace Mark Warner is rapidly approaching. Who do you think the nominee should be? Who do you think the nominee will be?

The Bull Elephant’s Straw Poll of delegates to the 7th District GOP Convention Saturday showed a large and unexpected lead by Dave Brat over Eric Cantor, and Shak Hill as a continuing but distant threat to frontrunner Ed Gillespie. At Saturday’s convention of 7th District…

Cementing his frontrunner status in his bid for the Republican nomination to replace Sen. Mark Warner, Ed Gillespie walked away with today’s straw poll at a function of the Republican Party of Virginia in Richmond In a show of strength, Ed Gillespie outpolled his nearest…

Rand Paul was the clear winner at this year’s CPAC straw poll with 31% of the vote.  This was Paul’s second win having won last year.  Ted Cruz was a distant second with 11% of the vote and Dr. Ben Carson was a surprise third place…