Paul gets 40% of the vote near Fargo, crowd was 90% Paul

[JJ2]

Paul gets 34% of the vote near Fargo, crowd was 90% Paul

Just glancing at the results of the districts in and around Fargo on the ND GOP map, I'm estimating an approximately 40% to 35% advantage for Paul over Santorum. EDIT: After calculating the numbers for the Fargo-area caucus, Paul got only 34% to Santorum's 38%!

And yet anyone who watched the live stream knows that the caucus crowd in Fargo was about 90% Paul supporters.

It was so obvious and awkward that the GOP and Romney and Santorum people were laughing about it, etc.

Did these people go home and not vote? Did that many come from far away (or from Minnesota next door)?

Or is it all rigged?

EDIT: Here are some important follow-up posts to read within this thread:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4256961&viewfull=1#post4256961

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4256993&viewfull=1#post4256993

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4259749&viewfull=1#post4259749

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4259923&viewfull=1#post4259923

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4260130&viewfull=1#post4260130

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4260244&viewfull=1#post4260244

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-was-90-Paul&p=4260275&viewfull=1#post4260275

 

[wgadget]

I'm gonna go with rigged.

 

[seyferjm]

How many in the crowd could have been from Minnesota and were just there for the speech?

 

[Teenager For Ron Paul]

Not rigged. We live in a repressive democracy. It doesn't matter if you're some santy supporting clusterfuck or a dedicated rp supporter. your vote is one, and almost meaningless. it's a collectivist way of doing things, which is why it fails...

 

[mport1]

Crowds don't equal votes. Ron Paul lost. There is no evidence of fraud.

 

[dillo]

Crowds don't equal votes. Ron Paul lost. There is no evidence of fraud.

If I kill someone and there is no evidence of it, did it happen?

 

[joshnorris14]

If I kill someone and there is no evidence of it, did it happen?

Unicorns exist. Prove me wrong

 

[boneyard bill]

They were supposed to have the vote in by 9:00. I assume that's 10:00 Eastern time. It's now after midnight Eastern time, and they've been stuck on 76% counted for at least an hour. Is this another caucus foul-up?

I didn't even know Santorum had anything going in North Dakota. I thought the big competition was Romney.

 

[dillo]

Unicorns exist. Prove me wrong

Ive never seen them

 

[mport1]

If I kill someone and there is no evidence of it, did it happen?

Yes, but to get convicted of the crime there will need to be sufficient evidence.

 

[thoughtomator]

I'm starting to think that Paul is the Grateful Dead of politicians... doesn't sell the most albums but can pack any house.

 

[JJ2]

They were supposed to have the vote in by 9:00. I assume that's 10:00 Eastern time. It's now after midnight Eastern time, and they've been stuck on 76% counted for at least an hour. Is this another caucus foul-up?

I didn't even know Santorum had anything going in North Dakota. I thought the big competition was Romney.

Yeah, Intrade had Romney winning big. There were no polls, though.

CNN says 76% but the ND GOP now says 100%. But they kept raising the % reporting while LOWERING vote totals and then keeping them unchanged. Crazy. http://www.northdakotagop.org/caucus/

 

[The Gold Standard]

Why would anyone think there was fraud? Obviously the GOP leaders want to give Ron a fair shot. None of them benefit from the current crony fascist state that Ron is trying to end.

 

[row333au]

Ask yourselves, why are they (GOP and Dems party heads) so hell bent not to go back in doing the paper ballot check vote and transparent counting??? Far too many evidence as it is with this whole elections' events being consistent with frauds and media bias against Ron Paul. Why legitimize missing and lost votes from electronic recording (when there is far more manipulations can be done with this method from the get go since its inception (most duly noted and factual are the Bush 04 and Obama 08 frauds). What you must realize the whole population is being conned and stripped of power to serve those wannabe ruling class illusion of democracy. If someone protest and insist there isn't any kind of voting or election fraud, then why try stopping or dissuading or even discouraging to take those doubts in proving if there is or not - since this is the last chance and hope for America to make things right - If it is the way it is, then everyone should be confidence in knowing the truth out in the open.

 

[muzzled dogg]

I'm starting to think that Paul is the Grateful Dead of politicians... doesn't sell the most albums but can pack any house.

sigworthy

 

[Tudo]

Just glancing at the results of the districts in and around Fargo on the ND GOP map, I'm estimating an approximately 40% to 35% advantage for Paul over Santorum.

And yet anyone who watched the live stream knows that the caucus crowd in Fargo was about 90% Paul supporters.

It was so obvious and awkward that the GOP and Romney and Santorum people were laughing about it, etc.

Did these people go home and not vote? Did that many come from far away (or from Minnesota next door)?

Or is it all rigged?

Does anyone have a youtube link to show this stuff?

 

[parocks]

Just glancing at the results of the districts in and around Fargo on the ND GOP map, I'm estimating an approximately 40% to 35% advantage for Paul over Santorum.

And yet anyone who watched the live stream knows that the caucus crowd in Fargo was about 90% Paul supporters.

It was so obvious and awkward that the GOP and Romney and Santorum people were laughing about it, etc.

Did these people go home and not vote? Did that many come from far away (or from Minnesota next door)?

Or is it all rigged?

Why are we not hearing reports from the ground on this? Ron Paul was there. Where are the pictures? Don't we have pictures for everything? This should be one where they CAN'T steal it from us. What happened? We might just not have had the votes. But we should have had witnesses there. Like the candidate himself.

 

[parocks]

"With the turnout we had, it's just hard to believe."

http://www.chron.com/news/article/US-Rep-Paul-fails-to-get-1st-win-in-ND-caucuses-3387404.php

 

[carterm]

"With the turnout we had, it's just hard to believe."

http://www.chron.com/news/article/US-Rep-Paul-fails-to-get-1st-win-in-ND-caucuses-3387404.php

the beginning of this article is incredibly sad.

 

[WD-NY]

"With the turnout we had, it's just hard to believe."

http://www.chron.com/news/article/US-Rep-Paul-fails-to-get-1st-win-in-ND-caucuses-3387404.php

Although Paul was expected to stay in Fargo for a victory speech, he instead left for the airport after his 20-minute pep talk. Some supporters who waited around until the vote totals were officially announced were disappointed and stunned by the result.

Hmm..I wonder if the cable channels signaled that they weren't going to show his 2nd speech... so Ron just said 'meh, not worth it.. peace ND'