Ames Straw Poll Write-In Votes Went To Parry, Paylin, Obama And The Butter Cow

Good news, Nation, all that SuperPAC money spent by Stephen Colbert wasn’t wasted. Iowans who voted in Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll did indeed follow directions to “vote Parry, with an A for America.” We just don’t know if “Rick Parry” got more votes than the “Butter Cow.” Iowa reporter O. Kay Henderson wraps up the voting, and notes that write-in votes went to the Iowa State Fair’s “most iconic figure.”

“There were votes for the Butter Cow. It happens in every election, just random votes that didn’t equate with a person,” says Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, a Republican who oversaw the Straw Poll balloting. ”Most of them were fictitious characters.”

The Butter Cow didn’t figure in the overall results, but votes for “Rick Parry” were credited to Gov. Rick Perry. Sarah Palin got votes, and was given credit for spellings including “Sarah Paylin.”

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