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March 13th, 2004

Poll Shows ASU Students Supporting Nathan Tabor in 5th District Race

Boone, NC ñ A recently released ASU College Republican poll shows congressional candidate Nathan Tabor leading the pack of eight announced Republican candidates vying to replace outgoing Representative Richard Burr in the Fifth Congressional District with 43 percent of the vote. The second highest vote getter was Virginia Foxx, State Senator from North Carolinaís 45th District, who garnered 27%. Ed Broyhill was a close third with 26%.  Jay Helvey 1.3%.  Vernon Robinson 2.1%.  Ed Powell 0.0%. Joe Byrd 0.0%.  The poll was conducted over a two-week time period on the Appalachian State University College Republicans Website (www.asurepublicans.com). A total of 238 voters chose to participate in the online poll.

ìAs a federated group, CRís are not allowed to endorse any candidate in the primary election,î said Justin Moore, campus chairman of the ASU College Republicans.  ìWe have invited all of the candidates to speak at our weekly meetings and a number have shown up. We felt this was the best way to get a feel for how Republicans on campus are gauging the 5th District race.î

The poll was open to any visitor to the Appalachian College Republican website. An online security guard was put in place to make sure that only one vote per IP address was cast. Webmaster Michael E.C. Schroeder stated that the poll was a idea brought before the Executive board a few weeks ago. It was decided then to have the poll open for two weeks and only advertise the poll to members to limit skewing by individual candidates and their campaigns.

 

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