Comments on: Are cell phones killing Ron Paul’s campaign?

By: John B

John B — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:20:06 +0000

i see EVERY comment here thus far have been Ron Paul supporters….and yet everytime the is a poll and Ron Paul blows away any other candidate when everyone there is thoroughly informed of Ron Pauls views and track record….if we are spammers….where are all the “nay-sayers” i’ve heard so much about?
i make a point to tell everyone i see and have seen the best reponse in wal-mart as we all know if they shop at wal-mart they aint rich/wealthy….
FREEDOM IS AMIDST and income taxes are on thier way out on a rail!
GO RON PAUL 2008!!

By: J. J.

J. J. — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:53:03 +0000

As for who will stop Ron Paul? Well, there are two biggies at the top of the list: the Media and the Republican Party.
Those are tough obstacles. In a corrupt culture such as ours, it’s likely too much to overcome. I wish him the best. He has my vote, but my bookie has my money.

By: J. J.

J. J. — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:48:38 +0000

We always knew liberals weren’t too swift. They’ll make great “useful idiots”. If they are glomming onto Paul, the farthest to the Right of all the Republican candidates, because of 2 or 3 issues then great… more votes for him. Shhhh… everyone be quiet… wait until after the election to let the “liberals for Paul” know that he’s Pro-Life and Anti-Big Government (which means he’s against about 97% of things that liberals stand for).

By: granny miller

granny miller — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:08:17 +0000

Zydeco is correct.
With or without cellphones -
nothing will stop this Revolution.
The Ron Paul Revolution is a 21st Century “Boston Tea Party” that started on the Internet.
Ron Paul has moved out of cyberspace and into America’s front yard.
I spent the day campaigning on my own for Ron Paul at the local flea market with members of our local Ron Paul MeeetUp.
I talked to 100’s of people today! How many people will they talk to?
And so on ….and so on…..and so on……
Ron Paul 2008

By: chris lawton

chris lawton — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:49:01 +0000

Go Ron Paul! Go Ron Paul! God Bless Ron Paul! Ron Paul for President 2008!
Ron Paul in CNN debate on June 5, 2007!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJKGfAWQUo
“In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act” GEORGE ORWELL
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation—he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city—he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.
— Cicero: orator, statesman, political theorist, lawyer and philosopher of Ancient Rome.

By: Tarey

Tarey — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:48:49 +0000

Am 51; have had landline since 17 yet NEVER polled/surveyed. How would they ever make contact when I screen calls w/recorder, pay for non-pub.#, & use landline ISP (busy, busy!)? Primary# is cell phone for 7 yrs., but same as above! Most national polls I’ve looked at don’t even offer Ron Paul as a choice. Most poll/survey (so called public opinion) results make me feel like a stranger in a strange land.

By: Pieter Friedrich

Pieter Friedrich — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:54:41 +0000

“And voters (particularly younger ones) who align with those positions would seem to be the very people Ron Paul counts among his most ardent supporters.”
I think this is exactly why Dr. Paul is so big, compared to the other candidates, on Myspace and Facebook. They’re dominated by younger users who tend to like most of Paul’s positions.
I’m not in a cell-phone only household, but I am in a household of third-party only registrants, all of whom are reregistering Republican to vote for Paul in the primaries. So we’re probably unlikely to get counted in any polls – we haven’t voted GOP since 2000.
And, I’m glad to see ITA expressing some level of support for Paul.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:16:58 +0000

The polls are also missing Ron Paul’s significant support among independents, Libertarians, Democrats, and currently unregistered voters, because they focus on likely Republican primary voters. One way they determine who is likely to vote in the primaries is by calling people who voted in Republican primaries in the past.
Plus, a candidate with fervent supporters can do much better than the polls indicate. Primary turnout is around 15-20%, but if Ron Paul’s supporters turn out at a rate of 75-100%, he could do five times as well as predicted. In an 11-candidate field, 25% of the vote could be enough to win, so even a 5% standing in the polls could make him competitive.

By: bret

bret — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:01:31 +0000

Hey that’s weird, because just yesterday I had somebody call me for a poll about TV, and hung up when I told them I was on a cell phone. So, I would say there is probably something to this, at least in some areas, depending on who is doing the poll.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:20:11 +0000

Furthermore, over 90 percent of people hang up on the pollsters. It’s hard, if not impossible, to determine whether the hang-ups tend to have different political beliefs than the people who stay on the line.