▁by ▁its ▁oppon ent . ▁Sant orum ▁stated ▁his ▁view ▁that ▁same - sex ▁marriage ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁state ▁issue , ▁because ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁Am end ment ▁" does ▁not ▁give ▁states ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁tr ample ▁over ▁moral ▁law ." ▁Rom ney ▁agreed ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁federal ▁issue , ▁reasoning ▁that ▁people ▁move ▁to ▁different ▁states ▁and ▁that ▁marriage ▁is ▁a ▁status , ▁not ▁an ▁activity ▁that ▁takes ▁place ▁within ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁a ▁state . ▁Hun ts man ▁and ▁Paul ▁re iter ated ▁their ▁support ▁for ▁civil ▁un ions . ▁ ▁On ▁Saturday , ▁August ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁st raw ▁poll ▁was ▁conducted ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁Iowa ▁State ▁University ▁at ▁the ▁Hil ton ▁Col ise um ▁in ▁Am es , ▁Iowa , ▁with ▁Bach mann ▁narrow ly ▁defe ating ▁Paul , ▁and ▁former ▁Governor ▁Tim ▁P aw l enty ▁in ▁third ▁place . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁st raw ▁poll ▁had ▁the ▁second ▁highest ▁turn out ▁in ▁history , ▁second ▁only ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁st raw ▁poll , ▁when ▁then - G overn or ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁won ▁in ▁a ▁lands lide . ▁Governor ▁Rick ▁Perry , ▁who ▁announced ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁st raw ▁poll ▁in ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁but ▁whose ▁name ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁ball ot , ▁received ▁a ▁significant ▁amount ▁of ▁write - in ▁votes , ▁placing ▁in ▁sixth . ▁Other ▁non - part icip ating ▁candidates