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Happy Straw Poll Saturday! From Hotline's Resources Database, here's how earlier Iowa Republican Party straw polls turned out:

'07 Straw Poll                              '08 IA Caucuses
               Votes %age                  Votes %age

Romney          4516  37%   Huckabee       40,954  34%
Huckabee        2587  18    Romney         30,021  25
Brownback       2192  15    F. Thompson    15,960  13
Tancredo        1961  14    McCain         15,539  13
Paul            1305   9    Paul           11,841  10
T. Thompson     1039   7    Giuliani        4,099   3
F. Thompson      203   1    Hunter            506  <1
Giuliani         183   1    Keyes             247  <1
Hunter           174   1    Others             24  <1
McCain           101  <1
Cox               41  <1
Total          14302        Total         119,188
'99 Straw Poll                              '00 IA Caucuses
               Votes %age                  Votes %age
Bush            7418  31%   Bush           35,948  41%
Forbes          4921  21    Forbes         26,744  31
Dole            3410  14    Keyes          12,496  14
Bauer           2114   9    Bauer           7,487   9
Buchanan        1719   7    McCain          4,093   5
Alexander       1428   6    Hatch             898   1
Keyes           1101   5
Quayle           916   4
Hatch            558   2
McCain            83  <1
Kasich             9  <1
Smith              8  <1
Total          23685        Total          87,666
'95 Straw Poll                              '96 IA Caucuses 
              Votes %age                  Votes %age
Dole            2582  24%   Dole           25,378  26%
Gramm           2582  24    Buchanan       22,512  23
Buchanan        1922  18    Alexander      17,003  18
Alexander       1156  11    Forbes          9,816  10
Keyes            804   7    Gramm           9,001   9
Taylor           803   7    Keyes           7,179   7
Lugar            466   4    Lugar           3,576   4
Wilson           129   1    Taylor          1,380   1
Dornan            87  <1    No pref.          428  <1
Specter           67  <1    Dornan            131  <1
Total          10958        Total          96,451
'87 Straw Poll                              '88 IA Caucuses 
               Votes %age                   Votes %age 
Robertson       1293  34%   Dole           40,661  37%
Dole             958  25    Robertson      26,761  25
Bush             864  22    Bush           20,194  19
Kemp             520  14    Kemp           12,088  11  
DuPont           160   4    DuPont          7,999   7
Heslop            13  <1    No pref.          739  <1
Haig              12  <1    Haig              364  <1
Fernandez          8  <1
Others            15  <1
Total           3843        Total         108,806