Ron Paul supporters Jeremiah Van Doren, 25, of Topeka, Kan., and Chris Rhoades, 32, of Nashville, mingled in the crowd with their yellow "Ron Paul Revolution" t-shirts. The letters in "revolution" were reversed to spell out "love."

Van Doren said he stood on a street corner for from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., hoping to get the word out on Ron Paul's campaign.

"I'm fried. I'm absolutely fried," he said. Temperatures Saturday soared into the triple digits.

Van Doren said he has been active in the College Republicans and supports Paul for all his stances, and relates to his honesty. Young voters want honesty and consistency, he said, adding that in this information age, they can easily verify whether a candidate has flip-flopped on issues like some candidates.

The Paul camp is Internet grassroots at its finest, he said, noting they use meetup.com to arrange get-togethers.

Both said they paid their own way to come to the straw poll and would denounce out-of-state Paul supporters who tried to vote in the Iowan-only straw poll event.

Rhoades said he came to educate Iowa and fellow voters about the Paul campaign.

"We need to make the Constitution a talking point again," he said, and people need to understand his economic policy and how it would benefit the country.

"We're energetic, electric and eclectic," Van Doren added.

-- By Gwen Tietjen