Original sentence: However, Paul was first when Democrats and Independents were included in the survey.Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll on August 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, with 30 percent of the vote, with Fred Thompson coming in second with 27 percent.Paul won the similar West Alabama Republican Assembly 2007 Presidential Preference Straw Poll on August 18, 2007, capturing 216 of 266 votes (81 percent), ahead of second place Mitt Romney On August 18
Edited sentence: However, Paul was first by a wide margin when Democrats and Independents were included in the survey.On August 18.Paul dominated the similar West Alabama Republican Assembly 2007 Presidential Preference Straw Poll on August 18, 2007, capturing 216 of 266 votes (81 percent), far ahead of distant second Mitt Romney, who won only 14.Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll on August 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, with 30 percent of the vote, with Fred Thompson coming in a close second with 27 percent.Unlike the Ames Straw Poll, there was no cost for voting in the Illinois Straw Poll