The Lake Wales News Straw Poll totals for this week have Presidential challenger Mitt Romney dragging behind President Barack Obama, 47-9. This brings our final straw poll total to 172-149 with President Barack Obama as the favorite. Additionally, cumulatively, one vote was cast for Virgil H. Goode Jr., one vote for Clint Eastwood and one vote for The Lake Wales News Editor Kathy Leigh Berkowitz. The actual presidential election will reveal who that person is however, the next President of the United States.