Pro-Armenian U.S. presidential candidate Michele Bachmann won pre-election campaign poll in the state of Iowa on Saturday.

A total of 28.5% of respondents voted for Congresswoman Bachmann, the second is Congressman Ron Paul.

The Ames Straw Poll in Iowa is an important test in the presidential race ahead of the main primaries scheduled for next February.

Michele Bachmann repeatedly voiced her support for the Armenian Genocide resolution in Congress. Since 2006 she has co-sponsored the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which calls for U.S. President “to describe the killing of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide” in his annual address.

In 2009 Bachmann also expressed her agreement with the document calling on U.S. President to make the recognition of the Armenian Genocide official policy and ensure appropriate attitude to the issue in U.S. foreign policy, RFE/RL reported.

The presidential elections will be held in U.S. in November 2012.