Where Did All The Ron Paul Voters Go ?

[Brett85]

Ron Paul is for the most part a very bad politician. But bad as he was, he at least managed to put together some semblance of a conservative coalition from among Pro Life folks, Gun Folks, Home Schoolers, "Isolationist" Paleocons, Alternative Medicine and Free Range food types, and Liberty voters. To improve on Ron's showing, a candidate would have needed to expand that base. Rand Paul did the opposite, running a campaign that mostly pissed all over Conservative voters in some weird attempt to seem "cool" among DC elitist Cosmotarians.

I agree with that. Rand decided to make the issue of criminal justice reform one of the main things that his campaign focused on, and most Republican voters could care less about that issue. I still think that the political environment was so toxic that Rand couldn't have won the GOP nomination even if he had run a great campaign, but he could've done better if he had focused more on the bread and butter issues that conservatives care about.

 

[derek4ever]

I agree with that. Rand decided to make the issue of criminal justice reform one of the main things that his campaign focused on, and most Republican voters could care less about that issue. I still think that the political environment was so toxic that Rand couldn't have won the GOP nomination even if he had run a great campaign, but he could've done better if he had focused more on the bread and butter issues that conservatives care about.

Rand isn't wrong about criminal justice reform. However, I think he needs to focus on his number 1 issue when he decided to run for President: being fiscally conservative! Rand needs to tie everything with our debt, from the long fought wars to our social spending.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Almost none of them went to Sanders. To do that you'd have to switch political party registration and few people actually do that. Sanders supporters are for the most part all young white liberals. He is a manifestation of the coming demographic crack up of the Democratic Party as white liberals who care about abortion, global warming, and SJW issues get squeezed out by the Mexican and Black majority that doesn't care much at all about any of those issues.

Ron Paul is for the most part a very bad politician. But bad as he was, he at least managed to put together some semblance of a conservative coalition from among Pro Life folks, Gun Folks, Home Schoolers, "Isolationist" Paleocons, Alternative Medicine and Free Range food types, and Liberty voters. To improve on Ron's showing, a candidate would have needed to expand that base. Rand Paul did the opposite, running a campaign that mostly pissed all over Conservative voters in some weird attempt to seem "cool" among DC elitist Cosmotarians.

For Iowa, you show up the precinct caucus location, and when you arrive you decide the party for which you are going to caucus.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Undoubtedly, some of them died.

 

[RonPaulMall]

For Iowa, you show up the precinct caucus location, and when you arrive you decide the party for which you are going to caucus.

Hopefully you would decide before you left, otherwise you won't know which location to go to. And it is more than just "deciding". If you aren't already a Republican, you need to register as one at the site before they will let you participate. If you are a Democrat or Independent, you actually have to change your party affiliation to Republican.