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Originally posted by satron
The amount of youth behind Ron Paul suggests a long term defeat for Republicans if they don't back him. They are likely to be more open to candidates like him throughout their life. Really, it's going to be a loose for both Republicans and Democrats.edit on 23-4-2012 by satron because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SilentKoala
Without a delegate count, you can't state with any certainty who is winning. Paul is getting most of the delegates in many non-binding primary states, but only in the non-binding primary states, remember there are binding states like Florida where Romney got all 50 delegaes... don't get me wrong I want Paul to win but we need an actual count
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
So Ron Paul is winning because of the crowd size he gets at college campuses???
Why aren't all these people voting???
Oh right...huge conspiracy and systematic voting fraud
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
So Ron Paul is winning because of the crowd size he gets at college campuses???
Why aren't all these people voting???
Oh right...huge conspiracy and systematic voting fraud
Originally posted by XPLodER
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
and what does it indicate that romney cant fill stadiums,
while DR paul fills stadiums to the very last seat?
xploder
Originally posted by XPLodER
Originally posted by satron
The amount of youth behind Ron Paul suggests a long term defeat for Republicans if they don't back him. They are likely to be more open to candidates like him throughout their life. Really, it's going to be a loose for both Republicans and Democrats.edit on 23-4-2012 by satron because: (no reason given)
IMHO
if they dont pick ron paul and he decides to go third party for a run,
both dems and repubs will lose the majority of the votes they need.
if he decided to go third party after not winning the nomination,
he would draw support away from both parties in HUGE NUMBERS
you cant fight against the will of the people for ever
no more wars, go RP
xploder
It indicates nothing in regards to the election.
As someone else pointed out (A Paul supporter btw) Ron Paul is popular with the young crowd...they are more likely to go to an event...less likely to go and vote. Romney is popular with the older crowd...they are less likely to go to an event...more likely to go and vote.
If Ron Paul had crowds in the hundreds of thousands everywhere he went with a diverse group...then maybe you could say the crowd size matters. But a few thousand here and there...mostly on college campuses...means very little in trying to determine the overall vote.
In 2004, less than half of the citizens in the 18–24 age bracket cast ballots, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This was the most politically apathetic age group of that election; 68.7 percent of citizens age 45–54 voted, and a whopping 73.3 percent of those age 65–74 years old showed up at the polls.
Younger voters remain less enthusiastic about voting in this year's midterm elections than those who are older, underscoring the challenge facing the Democratic Party in its efforts to re-energize these voters, who helped President Obama win the presidency in 2008.