A Straw Poll was held on Saturday September 17th during the California GOP Convention in Los Angeles. In first place was Texas Congressman Ron Paul with 44.9% of the vote. Second place went to Texas Governor Rick Perry (29.3%). This was followed by Mitt Romney (8.8%), Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (7.7%), Jon Huntsman (2.0%), Herman Cain (1.8%) and Newt Gingrich (1.7%). All others candidates received less than 1%. But why didn’t we hear about Ron Paul’s significant win in the national mainstream media? Last month after the Ames, Iowa straw poll, Jon Stewart questioned this very topic:
