Patrick Ruffini’s 2008 Presidential Poll for September

Patrick Ruffini has his 2008 Presidential Straw Poll up here.

Last month’s GOP primary straw poll got over 17,000 votes (!) and provided reams of state-by-state and blog-by-blog data to chew over. This month’s poll has all the features you know and love — the results by blog referrer, the state data — plus this twist: you can now “tag” your vote, like you’d tag a blog entry in Technorati or a photo in Flickr.

I’ve modified the candidate list slightly to get a sense of what impact these changes might have on a real primary. Newt Gingrich is given a bye in this poll, with two notable additions to the big ballot: Tim Pawlenty and Haley Barbour. (I’ll be monitoring what a sample of Newt supporters do this time.) Mark Sanford is added as a fantasy candidate, as he has said he won’t run.

Here are last month’s results. Let’s see if we can beat the overall total. This poll is completely unscientific. Use of these results for anything other than their entertainment value or while operating heavy machinery may result in severe bodily harm.

Main Ballot:
George Allen
Haley Barbour
Sam Brownback
Bill Frist
Rudy Giuliani
Chuck Hagel
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Tim Pawlenty
George Pataki
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo

So, what are you waiting for…….get over there and vote.

Flap knows you will be glad you did.

BTW, Flap voted for Rudy Giuliani again