What People Think
Unlikely polls, between March and September 2006:
Austin Business Journal (Austin)
Total votes: 1,227
March 2006
Kinky – 47%
Perry – 20%
Strayhorn – 25%
Bell – 6%
San Antonio Business Journal (San Antonio)
Total votes: Were not released
April 2006
Kinky – 59%
Perry – 20%
Strayhorn – 12%
Bell – 6%
Brazosport Facts newspaper poll (Brazoria County)
Total votes: 169
April 2006
Kinky – 52%
Perry – 22%
Strayhorn – 16%
Bell – 9%
Lone Star Times (Houston)
Total votes: 945
May 2006
Kinky – 61% (577 votes)
Perry – 20% (190 votes)
Strayhorn – 14% (136 votes)
Bell – 4% (42 votes)
KGNC Radio 97.9 FM (Amarillo)
Total votes: 140
May 2006
The question was: Kinky Friedman - Yes, No, or Maybe?
95 votes: Yes
34 votes: No
13 votes: Maybe
KRLD, Dallas/Fort Worth
June 2006
Kinky – 68%
Perry – 14%
Strayhorn – 13%
Bell – 4%
Texas Monthly magazine
July 2006
Kinky – 58%
Perry – 18%
Strayhorn – 10%
Bell – 13%
KLBJ, Austin
July 2006
Kinky – 50%
Perry – 42%
Strayhorn – 6%
Bell – 2%
Dallas Business Journal
July 2006
Total votes: 887
Kinky – 45%
Perry – 26%
Strayhorn – 19%
Bell – 8%
Midland Reporter Telegram
August 2006
Kinky – 44%
Perry – 34%
Strayhorn – 17%
Bell – 4%
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
September 2006
Total votes: 450
Chris Bell – 9%
Kinky Friedman – 48%
Rick Perry – 28%
Carole Keeton Strayhorn – 14%
El Paso Times Online
September 2006
Total votes: 843 voters
(Did not provide % breakdown)
1st place: Kinky Friedman
2nd place: Carole Keeton Strayhorn
3rd place: Chris Bell
4th place: Gov. Rick Perry
The Ingleside Index
September 2006
Total votes: 80
Rick Perry - 24%
Chris Bell - 4%
Carole Keeton Strayhorn - 8%
Kinky Friedman - 61%
James Werner - 4%
Thanks LS
posted by liquiddaddy @ 8:27 PM
2 Comments:
Here is how Kinky does when the poll doesn't allow his supporters to vote multiple times:
Kinky hasn't won a single poll among the 18 polls conducted by reputable polling firms, and he generally comes in 3rd.
Perry is going to win.
Bell will come in second.
Kinky in third.
Strayhorn fourth.
Let's all say a silent prayer of thanks for Kinky because if he wasn't running, Perry would be in trouble.
These are not purported to be anything but unofficial polling, freethinker.
I'll grant you that Perry will probably win, but Bell couldn't have won in a two-man race, and Kinky takes as many Perry votes as Gramma. It's hard to say in advance what impact his candicacy has in a 5-man race.
I'd be willing to wager that Friedman comes in no worse than 2nd if we could agree on a bet.
LD
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