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results from the closely watched gop straw poll. i'm don lemon. joining me is our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. here's the announcement moments ago. >> with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner of the straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. thank you, everyone. have a good night. >> a man of few words. congresswoman michele bachmann came out on top in the poll which is one of the earliest tests for the oval office in 2012. some of the thunder may have been stolen by rick perry who just announced his candidacy today. several states away, not even here. we have a poll...

Republican districts. so it's -- that would be a place to start. i know that's where they're starting to look at this. because you know, again, it's not just the money putting him up. it's what did they do, if they did anything, but what did they do to influence this crazy turnout in white districts as well as just an unprecedented -- you know, wow have unprecedented turnout. we had it during the obama election. even the obama/hillary clash. lots of excitement. this is where nobody knew this guy was running. there's no excitement to explain, crazy disproportionate turnout. i hope democrats rea...