Cluster 0:
Ron Paul and his campaign are very well organized . "
-- there were 700 summit passes bought by and for the man from Lake Jackson , Texas .

Cluster 1:
Cain received 37 percent of the 2,600 delegate votes , more than twice as many as Perry , who made by far the most extensive effort but finished a distant second with 15 percent .
He barely edged out Mitt Romney , who did not compete here , at 14 percent .
Jon Huntsman of Utah , 2 percent .
He beat out seven other candidates and " undecided . "
The full results , with 1,983 ballots cast : David Weigel David Weigel is a reporter for the Washington Post .
Do the math , " said Perkins . "
The rule about straw polls : They only matter if someone 's trying to win .
In 2010 , Rep. Mike Pence made an effort to take the straw poll , and he won it .
And then he decided not to run for president .
The big reasons : Herman Cain and " heartless . "
Not even a well - received , stumble - free speech could bail him out .
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He ca n't take that back . "
Perry did n't work the event too hard .
He arrived on Friday , spoke , did an interview with CBN News , then hot - footed it to Iowa , leaving reporters to fight over the story of his anti - Mormon endorser / introducer like starving dogs over a ham hock .
Their blue and white campaign signs positioned ( or left behind ) around the conference area .
Both candidates

Cluster 2:
Romney was followed by former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania with 11 percent ; Rep. Ron Paul of Texas , 10 percent ; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich , 8 percent and former Gov.

Cluster 3:
Ron Paul - 36.9 % ( 732 ) Herman Cain - 22.5 % ( 447 ) Rick Santorum - 16.3 % ( 323 ) Rick Perry - 8.4 % ( 167 ) Michele Bachmann - 7.9 % ( 157 ) Mitt Romney - 4.4 % ( 88 ) Newt Gingrich - 2.7 % ( 54 ) Undecided - 0.7 % ( 13 ) Jon Huntsman - 0.1 % ( 2 ) Advertisement In a post - vote press conference , FRC President Tony Perkins made sure to note that 600 people had bought tickets for Saturday only -- a none - too - subtle hint that Paul 's supporters had over - represented themselves . "
Inside the Omni Shoreham , only Santorum and Paul had visible support .

Cluster 4:
This was limited -- Paul 's spin - off Campaign for Liberty organization bought tickets , but the presidential campaign did n't do anything .
According to CFL 's John Tate , between their efforts and the indepenent efforts of Paul fans -- " some guys rented buses and came down from New York ! "

Cluster 5:
Photo by Patrick Smith / Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the 2011 Values Voter Summit , a comeback of sorts , and return to the usual pattern of highly - organized convention takeovers by the libertarian candidate .

Cluster 6:
Just as in Florida , Cain 's likeability and Perry 's stance on immigration choked off his possible supporters ' enthusiasm .

Cluster 7:
In 2011 , the only campaigns with real victory strategys were Ron Paul 's and Rick Santorum 's .

Cluster 8:
There was no real effort on behalf of Perry , who might as well have been grown in a lab to appeal to an audience like this .
said Karen Winterling , a happy Cain organizer from Maryland . "