Ice Cream (I Scream) for Romney or Obama?

The results of a new poll of Fox Valley residents either has Mitt Romney with a cool lead or President Barack Obama chillingly behind, depending on which is your favorite.

It’s the results of Week 2 of Colonial Café & Ice Cream’s Straw Polls, a non-scientific, all in fun look at the presidential race, Romney received a boost in the traditionally Republican Fox Valley from the Oct. 7 debate.

While Monday’s national Gallup polls show Romney gaining ground — the two now are statistically in a dead heat at 47 percent each — Colonial’s Straw Poll shows Romney pulling ahead to a 51 percent lead in the Fox Valley, compared with Obama’s 41 percent, although the informal poll results vary significantly from community to community, according to Colonial Café.

Here’s how the Colonial Café poll breaks down by community for Week 2, which ended Oct. 7: 

• St. Charles-West: 51 percent Obama, 41 percent Romney, 7 percent undecided 
• St. Charles-East: 25 percent Obama, 70 percent Romney, 5 percent undecided 
• Aurora: 37 percent Obama, 59 percent Romney, 5 percent undecided 
• Elgin: 48 percent Obama, 48 percent Romney, 4 percent undecided 
• Naperville: 48 percent Obama, 48 percent Romney, 3 percent undecided 
• Crystal Lake: 36 percent Obama, 50 percent Romney, 13 percent undecided 
• Algonquin: 63 percent Obama, 30 percent Romney, 7 percent undecided. 

Colonial Cafe’s first week of straw polling, which ended Sept. 30, saw the 15.9 percent were undecided. Week 2 polling, which ended Oct. 7, shows that reduced to just 8.15 percent. 

Colonial Cafe & Ice Cream has conducted its Presidential Sundaes Election Straw Poll for the last 48 years.

Voting in this year’s poll began Monday, Sept. 24 at all seven Colonial Cafe locations — Algonquin, Aurora, Crystal Lake, Elgin, Naperville and at two stores in St. Charles. 

Each Colonial Cafe encourages those ordering ice cream to cast a vote by oredering one of the Presidential Sundaes:

• The Ba-racky Road Sundae: Chocolate chip and chocolate ice cream topped with hot fudge, marshmallow, chopped almonds, whipped cream, a cherry and an American flag.
• Mitt’s Mint Fudge: Mint chocolate chip and chocolate ice cream topped with crumbled Oreo®, hot fudge, whipped cream, a whole Oreo®, a cherry and an American flag. 

Tallies are reported weekly through Election Day, which is Tuesday, Nov. 6, for voting at each Café and for the company as a whole, reflecting the views of the communities and the Fox Valley. Weekly reports compare local voting to national polls and cite variations in Democratic vs. Republican leanings. 

Tally sheets are posted in every Colonial Cafe and are made available to local and national media.

SOURCE: Colonial Café

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