NOBP People - Who Did You Vote For in 2008?

[Anti Federalist]

It demonstrates whether or not a NOBP contingency can have a real impact or not. If someone voted for McCain in 08, but will not vote for the nominee in 12 it is a lost vote for the GOP, but if someone like myself voted for Baldwin in 08 that is not a net loss for the GOP.

I think it was Gunny who had posted once that the number of "write ins" for RP, and LP candidate Bob Barr exceeded the number of votes by which McCain lost in NC.

He's right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008

ETA - Same thing in Indiana

And keep in mind, this doesn't count RP people who just stayed home and didn't bother.

We definitely have the ability to swing this, especially this time, where it will be much more close than 2008.

NO ONE BUT PAUL

 

[Margo37]

I wrote in Ron Paul

SAME HERE

 

[kathy88]

Other. Wrote in Ron Paul.

 

[ctiger2]

Baldwin

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

I voted for Chuck Baldwin after a long period of being an undecided voter for the first time in my life. It was hard not to have RP on the general election ballot. I was torn between Nader and Baldwin. Would've voted Libertarian, but Barr seemed unpalatable at the time.

At least this year I look forward to having Gary Johnson as a back up if Ron Paul doesn't make it.

 

[anaconda]

I voted for Ron Paul, as he was an official write-in candidate in California. Which means they were obligated to count his votes here.

CA was also one of the states where Baldwin was not the Constitution Party ballot choice (I think maybe it was Alan Keyes).

 

[cajuncocoa]

Ron Paul was on the ballot in Louisiana...I voted for Ron Paul.

 

[TheGrinch]

I wrote in Ron Paul

Me too.

 

[qh4dotcom]

What a shame that so far 7 forum members voted for the war pig Obama and 21 for the war pig McCain....a pathetic 27% so far of those who voted on this poll. I thought that the vast majority of the folks here were loyal to Dr. Paul and would never stab him in the back like that...after all, he refused to endorse the war pigs and encouraged everyone to vote 3rd party. It's disappointing to see that some forum members here behaving just like the Obama sheeple.

(Speaking to that 27%, everyone else please ignore)
Geez, Ron Paul couldn't have made it more obvious that the right thing to do was to stay at home or vote 3rd party...how much does he have to beg you all to do the right thing and not vote for war pigs? Have you all forgotten how much he opposes wars?
(Speaking to that 27%, everyone else please ignore)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LMoWqXrE4

 

[TheGrinch]

What a shame that so far 7 forum members voted for the war pig Obama and 20 for the war pig McCain. I thought that the folks here were loyal to Dr. Paul and would never stab him in the back like that...after all, he refused to endorse them and encouraged everyone to vote 3rd party. It's disappointing to see that some forum members here behaving just like the Obama sheeple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LMoWqXrE4

Hey cmon now, it's not people's fault that the guy has only had grassroots following and not mainstream exposure before this year. In fact, you should be praising it as a good thing that people are now making the right choice, rather than ostracize them for not being as hardcore as you, or even just not as long....

I've voted libertarian or Dr. Paul since 2004, and I have much respect for those who've been on board even longer, but not everyone has had the pleasure to know about Dr. Paul and his ideals since 2008. Blame the two-party system if you want to blame anyone for the fact that most peopel only see 2 crappy choices and vote for the "lesser of two evils".

 

[Brett85]

What a shame that so far 7 forum members voted for the war pig Obama and 21 for the war pig McCain....a pathetic 27% so far of those who voted on this poll. I thought that the vast majority of the folks here were loyal to Dr. Paul and would never stab him in the back like that...after all, he refused to endorse the war pigs and encouraged everyone to vote 3rd party. It's disappointing to see that some forum members here behaving just like the Obama sheeple.

(Speaking to that 27%, everyone else please ignore)
Geez, Ron Paul couldn't have made it more obvious that the right thing to do was to stay at home or vote 3rd party...how much does he have to beg you all to do the right thing and not vote for war pigs? Have you all forgotten how much he opposes wars?
(Speaking to that 27%, everyone else please ignore)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LMoWqXrE4

A lot of people here didn't even support Ron in 2008.

 

[culvereric]

I voted for Barr. Not bad 4 my first election but I woke up.

 

[PierzStyx]

I voted for Baldwin.

Me too. I hadn't discovered the Doctor yet. If I had I would have written him in, even then. But it makes me feel good looking back to know that he endorsed Baldwin.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

I stayed home.

 

[KCIndy]

RP endorsed Chuck Baldwin. I voted for Chuck, as that is what RP wanted us to do.

Baldwin.

Voted for Paul in the primary.

Would've voted for Paul, if he'd been on the general ballot.

Same here, for the same reasons.

I voted for Paul in the primary, even though by May '08 the whole thing was basically decided. But I had invested too much of myself in the Ron Paul campaign to not at least show up and make a statement with my vote.

During the general election, I voted for Baldwin. I did so both because Ron Paul endorsed him, together with the fact that Indiana is a state where a candidate has to be registered as a write-in for the vote to be counted. Since Ron Paul was NOT registered, my write-in vote for him would have been completely and utterly ignored. It would have been as if I had not voted at all. Because of that, and because I wanted to make a statement with my vote, I voted for Baldwin. I wanted to make sure the guy who had been endorsed by Ron Paul got as many votes as possible.

As near as I could figure, that was the best - and only - way to make a statement with my vote.

 

[bobburn]

I voted for Barr because my state doesn't count write-ins in the presidential election. Voted for Paul in the primary though (and I early voted last Friday for him this time).

 

[tbone717]

I think it was Gunny who had posted once that the number of "write ins" for RP, and LP candidate Bob Barr exceeded the number of votes by which McCain lost in NC.

He's right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008

ETA - Same thing in Indiana

And keep in mind, this doesn't count RP people who just stayed home and didn't bother.

We definitely have the ability to swing this, especially this time, where it will be much more close than 2008.

NO ONE BUT PAUL

Well so far the threat of NOBP doesn't seem to have changed the minds of many GOP voters, so if the goal is to get Paul the nomination it doesn't seem to be working well as of yet. Perhaps that will change with upcoming states.

 

[bunklocoempire]

After years of voting for the "lesser of two evils" GOP, 2008 was the first time I started voting my conscience.

Baldwin for PUSA, and Libertarians for my state.

I will NEVER go back to the "lesser of two evils", nor will any "lesser of two evil" voters I've converted since 2008. Where there were about 20 "lesser of two evils" GOP voters in 2008 that I know of, there are about 20 "to hell with the parties!" that I know of this time around for 2012.

I grew the movement, NOT a party. Oopsie daisy!



NOBP!

 

[priest_of_syrinx]

I didn't vote because I was only 16 years old.

 

[Brett85]

I'm not voting Republican for President this year, as the President has ultimate control over foreign policy issues, and I don't agree with the GOP's support for an interventionist foreign policy. But I'll still vote Republican at the state and Congressional levels, as we'll be electing people who will vote to repeal things like Obamacare and won't have much control over foreign policy issues.