Some more bad news for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Mitt Romney was assumed to have a home-field advantage among Michigan’s GOP political class at this celebrated event on Mackinaw Island, but this is a pretty resounding victory that puts an exclamation point on Perry’s disappointing performance with a more naturally conservative crowd at the Florida CPAC.
From National Journal:
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Romney Wins Mackinac Straw Poll, Rubio Favorite for VP
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. – In a blowout, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the National Journal Hotline/National Association of Home Builders Straw Poll of GOP activists attending the biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference
Romney received 51 percent of the 681 votes cast at the conference, a whopping 34-percentage point victory over second-place Rick Perry, who garnered 17 percent.
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. – In a blowout, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the National Journal Hotline/National Association of Home Builders Straw Poll of GOP activists attending the biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference
Romney received 51 percent of the 681 votes cast at the conference, a whopping 34-percentage point victory over second-place Rick Perry, who garnered 17 percent.
For the record, Herman Cain finished third with 9 percent, followed by Rep. Ron Paul and then everyone else.
