Ron Paul Takes Lead at 27.5% in Iowa KCRG/Gazette Poll

[Todd]

Ceiling was at 25%.

And it is now moving up to 30%

Do we dare shoot for 35%?

 

[Bobster]

Do we dare shoot for 35%?

I thought our ceiling was 10%? Guys, I'm really confused.

 

[jsem]

I hope this leads to an Iowa landslide victory and a win in NH due to momentum. Also propelling RP to 20%-ish nationally would be huge.

 

[Original_Intent]

He caught on.

 

[RonPaulRules]

 

[Johnnybags]

It is an outlier poll and the Tea Party phone straw poll is much more representative that shows Newt is the Tea Party darling is correct. NO NEED TO THINK WE ALREADY DID THAT FOR YA!

 

[icon124]

Wait...we are doing significantly better with females than males???? Seriously?!!

I would say judging from the people I have met over the years anyway - most neo-con warhawks are your fake alpha male insecure guys...and most anti-war people are women. Maybe this has something to do with that.

But again this is just from my experience over the years of talking to people.

 

[eduardo89]

Among the top four candidates, there appears to be some differences by gender. Paul received much more support from women (31.7 percent) than men (22.3 percent), while Romney and Perry received more support from men than women, and Gingrich received about equal support from men and women. Among those undecided, support was equal across genders.

We're polling better with women???

 

[IndianaPolitico]

Just added to RCP, Paul up by 3.5 percent now!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...owa_republican_presidential_primary-1588.html

 

[Agorism]

Gallup national will be interesting.

Hopefully going up

 

[brendan.orourke]

Remember just a week ago most polls were showing us in the teens. I think we owe a lot to the brochures to be honest.

Yep. The comprehensive campaign running this year is simply astounding. With the amazing organization on the ground in Iowa, plue phone from home, the great ads, and the super brochure...it's unlike anything that's been done before.

Paul has called phone from home the secret weapon, but I really think the super brochure is the super secret weapon.

 

[KingNothing]

Question: What is Mark Levin, Rush, and Hannity going to think when they see this poll in the morning with Paul at 27.5%??

That they're upset they decided to take vacation now, because they've got venom to spew.

...they are on vacation, right? I don't listen to them, but I assume they're off for the rest of the year.

 

[North Beach Bum]

CNN: Ron Paul Projected Winner in Iowa with 52% – Dec 20 2011

http://ronpaulflix.com/2011/12/cnn-ron-paul-projected-winner-in-iowa-with-52-dec-20-2011/

 

[KingNothing]

I hope this leads to an Iowa landslide victory and a win in NH due to momentum. Also propelling RP to 20%-ish nationally would be huge.

If Ron snags 35-percent in Iowa, I don't see how he doesn't surge to 20-percent nationally and pull to even with Romney in New Hampshire.

If we keep pushing in Iowa and really run up the score there, watch out. All bets are off.

 

[brendan.orourke]

I can easily see Ron getting +35% in Iowa.

Keep doing what we're doing!!!

 

[MomsBasement]

The assault from Limbaugh and friends isn't working!

 

[ramprakav]

Me to boys

 

[brandon]

Wow Romney really gets 0% of the youth vote? Whats the deal there?

 

[PaulConventionWV]

The only thing that scares me is Ron is extremely low on the second choice compared to Mittens

That's probably because some people made him their first choice when they found out he could win.

 

[bluesc]

Just read this in the CNN article ..

But the survey suggests that when it comes to the commitment of support, Paul may have an advantage.

"What our poll says is that 51% of Paul's supporters say they're definitely backing him," said James McCormick, professor and chair of political science at Iowa State and coordinator of the poll. "The percentage for the next two candidates is much weaker, at 16.1 for Mitt Romney and 15.2 for Newt Gingrich."