POLL: Were you a Ron Paul supporter during the 2008 Campaign?

[Nate-ForLiberty]

read the thread b4 you post

 

[Dave Aiello]

read the thread b4 you post

I'm not quite sure that's official forum etiquette. I took the poll, and shared my thoughts.

 

[evilfunnystuff]

lurked alot in '07 should have joined sooner

 

[KurtBoyer25L]

Well, I'm starting to regret even posting that in this thread - but I still think my point is valid. (Even though everyone disagrees with me.)

There is not enough "new" support since 2008. This poll shows it. You can say it's unscientific or whatever, and yes, there is a huge margin for error - but still I think this poll (even with margin of error) is more telling than many will care to admit.

Original 2008 support for Ron Paul is great and clearly necessary - but if the "new" support option does not reach 50%-67% come next January - then I don't think Ron Paul will come close to winning Iowa or NH.

The consensus of the campaign so far is that "new" people don't count unless they are already Republicans, because nobody else would ever register to vote, in even an open primary. I couldn't disagree more and as an independent myself, with over a dozen friends who are independent (and voting for Ron in 2012) I find it insane that ourselves & like-minded people around the country can't impact the vote.

Not that many people vote in primaries, compared to generals. The numbers in Iowa are not that daunting. If we can convince a small slice, maybe 10%, of all independents, dems, third-partiers, libs, libertarians & anarchists to take three hours of one day & register/vote for Ron it will make a tremendous difference. Possibly THE difference.

Getting (formerly) apolitical types to wake up & support Ron fervently is our strength. And it's so much easier than converting mainstream Republicans!

 

[SkarnkaiLW]

I am not sure when exactly I started following Ron Paul, to be honest. I was busy in the navy for most of Bushes 2nd term, and only started following the 2008 Election late in the cycle. It was probably during mid 2008 with the rise of the tea parties, and was probably refered by a Paulite on Hannity's forum or by GB, to be completely honest. Just lurked until today (2nd post thur far)

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Welcome!!

 

[SkarnkaiLW]

Thanks! Just spent the last two years trying to catch up really. Sadly I live in GA and I think our primary is too late in the season to help Paul much, and I am a relatively poor college student now. I will do what I can though, slowly trying to work on my family first

 

[oriolesfan]

Coming from a fellow poor college student (although soon-to-be graduate in a couple weeks!): Keep on fighting the good fight! It sounds like you've got your head on straight and understand the priorities in your life. Just don't give up on the cause and remember that all of us can make a difference. Every dollar donated, or phone call dialed, or email sent will contribute to the promotion of liberty.

 

[Austin]

The final question should read: "I began supporting Ron Paul after McCain secured the Republican Nomination"

 

[oriolesfan]

And don't forget to vote in that primary no matter what!

 

[Dave Aiello]

The final question should read: "I began supporting Ron Paul after McCain secured the Republican Nomination"

This. I fall into this category, but not "after Obama was elected" category. I was in between, as I think many were. I didn't vote for him in the primary, was a supporter shortly afterwards.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

read the thread b4 you post

I'm not quite sure that's official forum etiquette. I took the poll, and shared my thoughts.

I guess you don't have to, but sometimes that can cause you to repeat or revive a subject that already got beat to death. And you probably either read it all by now or will be shortly anyway. lol

 

[AlexMerced]

I became a Ron Paul supporter in may 2007... to be cliche, it was the giuliani moment that got me interested to learn more about Ron Paul back when I was a liberal progressive and now I'm a market anarchist... funny how things work.

 

[KramerDSP]

If anything, at least a few lurkers de-lurked and are now posting here because of this thread.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I found out about Ron Paul as I was a newly of-age voter in July 2007. I found him on Google, as I was trying to look for candidates to vote for. I knew the political situation in America was bleak, but I never really understood all of the things Ron was talking about (partly because I had never heard of Ron before then). I immediately got on board, intuitively sensing that he was the ONLY good candidate. I joined a meetup during the school year and they convinced me to go to the WV state Republican Convention as a Paul delegate. It was a great experience. I found out about the forums for about a month after finding out about RP and lurked until April of this year, when I finally decided to join, as I was very excited about RPs chances this time around. That's why I think we need to keep the internet campaign going as well (and I'm sure we will). There are many new voters who just turned voting age looking for someone to vote for online and they are one of our prime voting blocs.

 

[sailingaway]

I found out about Ron Paul as I was a newly of-age voter in July 2007. I found him on Google, as I was trying to look for candidates to vote for. I knew the political situation in America was bleak, but I never really understood all of the things Ron was talking about (partly because I had never heard of Ron before then). I immediately got on board, intuitively sensing that he was the ONLY good candidate. I joined a meetup during the school year and they convinced me to go to the WV state Republican Convention as a Paul delegate. It was a great experience. I found out about the forums for about a month after finding out about RP and lurked until April of this year, when I finally decided to join, as I was very excited about RPs chances this time around. That's why I think we need to keep the internet campaign going as well (and I'm sure we will). There are many new voters who just turned voting age looking for someone to vote for online and they are one of our prime voting blocs.

There are also a lot of people looking into him because of the economic issues he predicted that came to pass after the primary was sealed, and he was the only one talking about in the Presidential debates. Then he was adamantly against the immoral transfer of wealth from main street to wall street in the form of the bailouts, and was willing to discuss the issue in just those terms. That is why Fox is trying to marginalize him by making him a 'free drugs' candidate which isn't his focus. Fortunately, most know that economics is his focus and economics is the big issue of this campaign.

We just have to keep knocking down the mannequins the establishment keeps pretending there is enthusiasm behind. The difficult part of this is that the establishment has a vast supply.

 

[Aratus]

right after supertuesday i arrived...