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Post by trapper7 on Aug 24, 2011 15:57:47 GMT -5
Much has been made of the success or failure of republican presidential candidates in Iowa's primary. But, a look back at previous Iowa polls show they can be far from accurate in predicting the GOP nominee winner.
The previous poll in 2007, Mitt Romney won with 31 percent of the vote, with Mike Huckabee taking 18 percent, and Sam Brownback third with 15 percent.
In a field of 11 candidates, John McCain finished 10th with less than 1 percent. Yet, he went on to win the nomination.
The only time in recent years the poll has been accurate in picking the winner was in 1999 when George W. Bush won the poll and the presidency.
It would seem you are better off NOT winning the Iowa primary if you are serious at becoming president.
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Post by japflapper on Aug 24, 2011 16:02:36 GMT -5
Goofy iowan's voted for obama in the last election so any poll done with them means nothing in the big picture. The quiet majority is just waiting for election day, then the media can spend months being surprised and talking about how 'unexpected' the election went, same as every economic report is 'unexpected', in other words the fools have no clue what's going on!
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Post by haus on Aug 24, 2011 18:03:10 GMT -5
Its over a year away. Other than the free food and music paid for by the candidates, don't they have anything better to do in Iowa.
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Post by japflapper on Aug 25, 2011 16:03:59 GMT -5
don't they have anything better to do in Iowa.
You ever been to iowa? If so then you wouldn't ask such a silly question, all they have to do up there is plant corn, watch corn grow, harvest corn so NO the rest of the time they have nothing to do, lol.
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Post by trapper7 on Aug 26, 2011 10:20:10 GMT -5
When you mention the word "woods" to an Iowan, they think you're talking about their corn fields. Some are more than 5 miles wide and long. A couple of years ago a little 3 year old kid wandered into one and it took them 2 days to find him. That was the most exciting thing that happened there since a guy cut himself shaving!
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