Florida Republican straw poll shocker: Herman Cain wins with 37.1 %, Perry at 15.4 %
by George Bennett | September 24th, 2011ORLANDO — Florida Republican activists delivered a stinging rebuke to frontrunner Rick Perry today, giving longshot Herman Cain a resounding victory in a presidential straw poll.
Former Godfathers Pizza CEO Cain, supported by less than 10 percent of Republicans in most polls, got 37.1 percent support today from 2,657 delegates at the Republican Party of Florida’s “Presidency 5″ conference.
Texas Gov. Perry, who tops most national and Florida polls, finished a distant second with 15.4 percent.
In a rousing speech before the vote, Cain urged delegates to ignore “the nasty rumor that Herman Cain can’t win” and instead “send Washington a message.”
The straw poll voters certainly sent Perry a message.
Perry was the slam-dunk favorite to win the “Presidency 5″ vote until Thursday night. But his wobbly performance in a nationally televised debate caused many Republicans to reexamine their support.
The loss was particularly devastating for Perry because, while rival Mitt Romney and others downplayed the straw poll’s significance, Perry pointedly played it up.
“There are a number of folks whose campaigns have spurned this tradition of the Florida straw poll, and I think that’s a big mistake. I think the Florida straw poll is very important,” Perry said this morning to about 1,000 delegates at a breakfast his campaign provided.
September 24th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
EXCUSE ME??!???!! Ron Paul wins every straw poll! He will win and become the next President in 2008!
September 24th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
So all the OLD people voted for Cain and Perry.
The two Corporate Establishment Candidates.
Just wait until this fall.
The Ron Paul crowds wil swell to massive size.
He has won every poll this year but one to Bachman that won by 1%
This is only the scond all year Paul has lost.
Ron Paul 2012
Champion of the Constitution
Will close the IRS
Will Aduit and END THE FED
Will Stop the Wars
Will bring our TROOPS Home.
Will Stp Spending and shrink the Government
NEED I SAY MORE
September 24th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Congrats to Mr. Cain! Glad to see people are waking up and seeing that Perry isn’t a God-send.
On a side note, I like Ron Paul well enough, but his cult of worshipers are more annoying than President Obama’s.
September 24th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Cain couldn’t win as Dogcatcher…just shows how STUPID Flori duh is
September 24th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Mr. Cain all along has been telling the people of United States what it will take to get this country back to a conservative based economy. He has a true, documented base of reference to prove what he contends. I, as a white conservative, hope that race does not become an issue and he will be judged only on his merits. The socialist bent of this administration and of our president’s desire to bankrupt this nation, and remove the dollar as the world’s currency, and is in the process of doing just that. I hope Mr. Cain is the man we have been looking for.
September 24th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
An honest assessment of Republican Party of Florida’s ‘Presidency 5′ convention and straw poll
bit.ly/nX4VMd
September 24th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
This is nothing more than a ploy to use to prove to all the detractors of Obammy that we dont be prejuiced thats all. We dont care what color Obammy bes his butt is history in 2012. Personally I dont care if Herman Cain bes the one to move into the whitehouse. We need the muslim, socialist, communist and ever other anti-American organization this POS belongs too out of the Whitehouse and charged with treason and before a firing squad! Thats what is important!
September 24th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Tea party core and many republicans in general have been coming up with very creative non-race issues to get our black president out of office. Now this happens. Bet there is some big time panic amongst them now. Let’s see what they say and do now to sabotage Cain.
September 24th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
This must be a shock to the Tea Party,LOL
September 24th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@this should be intresting. I’m all for the tea party and all for Cain!
September 24th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
I am a tea partier and I fully support Herman Cain. We don’t care for the Marxist alien in our White House. Mr Csin loves America, unlike Obozo,
September 24th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Tea Party here, way to go Cain. I love his 9-9-9 plan. Time for the super-rich and the ‘poor’ to join the middle-class in paying for everything.
Hope to see you in Nov 2012!!
September 24th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
More interesting straw poll results that got far less coverage:
Ron Paul wins California Straw Poll with 49%
Ron Paul wins New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll with 45%
Ron Paul second in Iowa Straw Poll with 28%
Ron Paul second in Georgia Straw Poll with 26%
Ron Paul third in Maryland Straw Poll with 17%
September 24th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
This shows how STUPID REPUBLICANS ARE!
They boo a soldier – they cheer letting a man die because he has no health insurance (47 million Americans don’t) – they cheer Bachman when she rails about the Federal Government yet she has 23 foster children she gets checks for from the government EVERY MONTH.
Pizza boy is an idiot who ran the company into the ground – his employees HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE OR RETIREMENT OF ANY KIND SPONSORED BY HIS COMPANY!
These war-monger Republicans will destroy the world if given the chance – just like Reagan destroyed our manufacturing base, like Bush destroyed our housing market & banking system, like Cheney destroyed our moral standing in the world by lying about Iraq and the weapons they still have not found!
A vote for any of these Republicans is a vote to destroy America!
September 25th, 2011 at 12:18 am
who will win the next presidential candidate of the republican party? let us wait.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:00 am
i’m tea partier and I fully support Herman Cain. We don’t care for the Marxist alien in our White House. Mr Csin loves America, unlike Obozo,
September 25th, 2011 at 1:10 am
I think that’s a big mistake. I think the Florida straw poll is very important,” Perry said this morning to about 1,000 delegates at a breakfast his campaign provided.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:10 am
was particularly devastating for Perry because, while rival Mitt Romney and others downplayed the straw poll’s significance, Perry pointedly played it up.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:11 am
In a rousing speech before the vote, Cain urged delegates to ignore “the nasty rumor that Herman Cain can’t win” and instead “send Washington a message.”
The straw poll voters certainly sent Perry a message.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:12 am
But his wobbly performance in a nationally televised debate caused many Republicans to reexamine their support.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:16 am
wow,..in most polls, got 37.1 percent support today from 2,657 delegates at the Republican Party of Florida’s “Presidency 5″ conference.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:18 am
giving longshot Herman Cain a resounding victory in a presidential straw poll.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:20 am
the straw poll’s significance, Perry pointedly played it up.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:21 am
Rick Perry today, giving longshot Herman Cain a resounding victory in a presidential straw poll.
September 25th, 2011 at 11:04 am
On Thursday Rick Perry showed even more revealingly that he is all hat and no cattle. If we wanted a liar we could stay with Zero.
Mr. Cain appears to be one of the ones who are the genuine thing.
We Americans of all colors and nationalities who cherish our traditional small government, fiscal responsibility, free markets, liberty and freedom are increasingly and rapidly joining together to take back our country and drive the final nail in the socialist coffin come November 2012.
September 26th, 2011 at 8:38 am
Was this a moment of RPOF stupidity or a message sent to Perry…think, people, this stuff isn’t always left to chance.
September 26th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
I am right now listening to Mr. Herman Cain speak on FOX news,and I again, see what I saw during the very first debate. He is an extremely bright, honest speaking man with great ideas on how we can get America back on track. (I had NO idea who he was during the first debate, my husband asked who I thought did a good job, and I said the black man, I don’t know his name) Well, now I know his name and so should you. Most importantly, we as Americans need to LISTEN to every candidate and their ideas on the varying problems we are facing and how they would fix them…until people actually do the leg work of learning about the candidates, we will still have people calling the candidates stupid, socialists,racist,etc etc. Just don’t listen to the media and their rhetoric and then join the bandwagon! Get on your own bandwagon and lead by learning all you can about the candidates. Job well done to Herman Cain. I hope the other candidates will become just as candid about their programs and visions for the future of America. Let’s stop all the “hate Speak” on both sides.
September 26th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
If my 5th. grade math is correct (37% x 2657 votes) is 983 people voted for Herman Cain. In Orlando on a Saturday night you can get more votes than that for Micky Mouse for President, even more if he was not GAY.(Check out the high pitched voice.)
September 27th, 2011 at 1:02 am
Congratz Herman !!!