To print this page, select "Print" from the File menu of your browser salon.com > News August 16, 1999 URL: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/16/poll_results Iowa GOP Straw Poll results Results from Iowa - - - - - - - - - - - - Gov. George W. Bush 7,418 31.3% Steve Forbes 4,921 20.8% Elizabeth Dole 3,410 14.3% Gary Bauer 2,114 8.9 % Pat Buchanan 1,719 7.3% Lamar Alexander 1,428 6.0% Alan Keyes 1,101 4.6% Dan Quayle 916 3.9% Sen. Orrin Hatch 558 2.4% Sen. John McCain* 83 0.4% Rep. John Kasich** 9 0.0% Sen. Bob Smith*** 8 0.0%       TOTAL VOTES 23,685   * McCain didn't participate. **Kasich withdrew from the race and endorsed Bush. ***Smith resigned from the Republican Party and plans to seek the nomination of the U.S. Taxpayers Party. salon.com | August 16, 1999