Romney victorious in straw poll of 'value voters'

FRC: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has narrowly won the Values Voter Summit straw poll in Washington, DC. Romney, who garnered 1,595 votes, edged out former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who tallied 1,565. Texas congressman Ron Paul came in a surprise third with 865 votes, while former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson was fourth with 564 votes. A total of 5,776 votes were cast at the event sponsored by the Family Research Council. Complete Summary follows:

Candidates for President you would most likely to vote for? Mitt Romney 1595 27.62% Mike Huckabee 1565 27.15% Ron Paul 865 14.98% Fred Thompson 564 9.77% Undecided 329 5.70% Sam Brownback 297 5.14% Duncan Hunter 140 2.42% Tom Tancredo 133 2.30% Rudy Giuliani 107 1.85% John McCain 81 1.40% Not Voting 67 1.16% Barack Obama 9 0.16% Joe Biden 5 0.09% Hillary Clinton 5 0.09% John Edwards 4 0.07% Dennis Kucinich 4 0.07% Christopher Dodd 2 0.03% Bill Richardson 2 0.03% Mike Gravel 1 0.02% Total 5,775 100%

Onsite Straw Poll Results Mike Huckabee 488 51.26% Mitt Romney 99 10.40% Fred Thompson 77 8.09% Tom Tancredo 65 6.83%% Rudy Giuliani 60 6.30% Duncan Hunter 54 5.67% John McCain 30 3.15% Sam Brownback 26 2.73% Ron Paul 25 2.63% Undecided 11 1.16% Not Voting 7 0.74% Barack Obama 5 0.53% Christopher Dodd 2 0.21% Dennis Kucinich 2 0.11% Joe Biden 1 0.11% Hillary Clinton 0 0.00% John Edwards 0 0.00% Mike Gravel 0 0.00% Bill Richardson 0 0.00% Total 952 100%

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