Sep
24
Dawson Hill, Detroit Free Press:
MACKINAC ISLAND — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney used his Michigan connections to good advantage over the weekend in easily winning a presidential straw poll of registrants to the Michigan Republican Party’s biennial island conference.
Romney, a Michigan native and son of a former governor, pulled in 39% of the vote that was open to delegates to the conference who were also Michigan residents. Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain, who has been fighting organizational woes in Michigan and elsewhere, was a relatively strong second, with 26.5%.
Momentum, or home field advantage?
Hat tip photo: ABC News.
Tags: Elections, Republicans
