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Rand Paul Trounces Chris Christie in 2016 Straw Poll
Sen. Rand Paul decisively won a straw poll held over the weekend in Michigan at a bi-annual gathering of Republicans, earning more than double the votes of rival New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Paul, the libertarian-leaning Republican from Kentucky, won 188 votes, or 36 percent, in the 2016 Mackinac Presidential Straw Poll. Christie came in at second with 82 votes, or 16 percent, in the poll.
"It's always exciting to place first in anything," Paul told The Daily Caller in a phone interview Sunday morning from Mackinac Island after the results were announced.
He noted that the Island is "overrun with limited government, small government conservatives.'
"Not too many liberals on the Island this week," Paul said with a laugh.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came in with 42 votes, while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker got 39 votes. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz trailed behind at 36 votes. Of those at the conference, 526 voted.Paul also criticized President Obama for accusing Republicans of wanting to shut down the government, if they don't get what they want on defunding ObamaCare.
"It's completely the opposite," Paul said of Obama. "If he doesn't get 100 percent of what he wants, every last ounce of Obamacare without any compromise, passed by Democrats, unless he gets everything he wants, he's willing to shutdown government. So really it is a matter of trying to get the facts right here. That the president is the one who is refusing to compromise."
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