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Daily Paul Poll: Who did you vote for in 2008?

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My vote

Submitted by usnotes.net on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 22:48.

My vote went to Bob Barr in 08. I was still influenced the slightest by msm. Wont make that mistake again.

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I voted Ron paul

Submitted by libercal on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:50.

as a write-in in California in 2008.

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DP Commenter Voting History

Submitted by We the People on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:17.

29% - Baldwin, 143 (Ron Paul personally endorsed)
22% - Write in, 110 (anyone including a dog)
12% - McCain, 60
10% - Obama, 48
8% - Barr, 39 (Ron Paul 3rd party endorsement)
7% - Didn't vote, 37
5% - Nader, 27 (Ron Paul 3rd party endorsement)
5% - Paul, 26 (on ballot, or official write in)
2% - McKinney, 8 (Ron Paul 3rd party endorsement)

498 Total

I only counted one vote per commenter, even when mentioning they knew of others that voted. I only counted general election votes. When mentioning only a vote for a primary candidate, I counted it along with those that didn't vote in the general. If a commenter mentioned a candidate not on any general ballot, I included it as a write in. Most of the write-ins were for Ron Paul.

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Bob Barr...

Submitted by jriordan on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 01:17.

...because I didn't know about Ron Paul at the time. I'm still perplexed about that one...

Obama

Submitted by ATUnit on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 21:16.

There was NO WAY I was going to let Sarah Palin go to Washington DC.

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My vote in '08

Submitted by dkmeller on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 20:06.

In the absence of Ron Paul, I gagged, held my nose, and voted for Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr. He was no Ron Paul--who is?--but I still think that he may have been better than either O'bomber or Mad McCain!

My Libertarian preference was for Dr. Mary Ruwart, but she narrowly lost the battle for the LP nomination.

"The evil of two, or was it three, lessers"?

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Write-In

Submitted by VR on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 19:21.

Ronald Ernest Paul

Same here.

Submitted by Crickett on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 21:10.

Same here.

Obama

Submitted by common on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 19:12.

End the Patriot Act?
Remove the military from Iraq/Afghanistan?
End foreign interventionism?
Punish the Republican party for going along with Bush?

Sounded good at the time :- /

Chuck Baldwin

Submitted by todash19 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 19:07.

An atheist who voted for a preacher. When I tell that to my christian friends, they are absolutely baffled. :)

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Chuck Baldwin.

Submitted by EmerThoreau on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:44.

On the advice of Ron Paul. Living in Texas, at the time.

Yep. Me too.

Submitted by JamJHolmes on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 21:32.

Since Ron wasn't on the ballot in Illinois. Oh, and voted against the bailout buffoon Phil Hare, who stated in youtube vids that he didn't care about the constitution. Bobby Shilling beat him out. Even talked to Shilling on the phone for 20 minutes, he called by chance and I let him know what I thought about Phil Hare. Also told him I was all about Ron Paul and his platform. Told him this was definitely growing as a movement. I am sure he sees that now.

The good Doctor,

Submitted by dducks on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 08:56.

of course. This will be my third time voting and my third time voting for Paul! 1988 was a bit of luck. I was libertarian and voted that way, I never believed in the system before or after. I thought it was some fake puppet show. I did not really start reading RP's stuff until the early 2000's. And then later fell in love during the 2007 campaign.

Yeah...

Submitted by Baug on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 08:33.

I voted McCain and hated every second of it.

My biggest concern was keeping the train at 60 mph barreling towards the edge of the cliff instead of speeding up to 100 mph.

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Both McCain and Obama

Submitted by Freeman08 on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 01:27.

would have punched it.

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Sorry

Submitted by pupton on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 08:11.

But I voted for hackable as a vote against John McCain. McCain got about 50% of the vote in VA and hackable got about 40%....

I was proud to be one of the California state electors

Submitted by FlyingComic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 04:16.

that made it legal and made it count to write in Ron Paul for president. And I did just that.

Chuck Baldwin.

Submitted by Bob-45 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 04:04.

Georgia didn't give me the option to vote for Ron Paul.

I was priviledged

Submitted by Uburalus on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 03:51.

I got to vote for Ron Paul,because our state Constitution party had him as their candidate instead of Chuck Baldwin(who I would vote for too).

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It was the first presidential

Submitted by bgreen14 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 23:44.

It was the first presidential election I could vote in. I wrote in Paul.

I wrote

Submitted by John E Urbanik on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 23:30.

In Ron Paul..

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Since Ron didn't win the

Submitted by TehTpyoKing on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 23:24.

Since Ron didn't win the Republican primary and I knew my local precinct was likely to throw out any Ron Paul write-ins I voted for Chuck Baldwin.

i voted for

Submitted by oopsimdead on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:51.

ron paul. wrote him in because i couldn't stand McCain and saw right through obamas charisma

I did not want to waste my

Submitted by MatrixMan on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:46.

I did not want to waste my vote: I wrote in Ron Paul!

Ron Paul in the Primary

Submitted by ray4ron on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:33.

and Chuck Baldwin in the General Election here in Florida since Ron Paul endorsed Chuck Baldwin. This time I, of course, voted for Ron Paul (absentee ballot) in the Primary.

Sorry to say...

Submitted by Micah_6_8 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:24.

...I was a big Rush fan still in those days and went along with Operation Chaos to vote for Hillary in the primary. I held my nose and voted for McCain ... BUT ...
Ron Paul pricked my conscience in one of the final debates... the cracks in the dam were formed ... and the flood of a renewed passion for liberty came crashing through me shortly thereafter.

my vote

Submitted by Super Sneaky Steve on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:22.

I voted for Thompson in the primary and then McCain.

That was before RP opened my eyes, but now I'm so disgusted the way the GOP has been attacking RP that I'll never vote for the GOP again, unless it's Rand Paul.

This year I will write in RP's name if I have to.

GEORGE PHILLIESNH

Submitted by Rich in NH on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:25.

GEORGE PHILLIES

NH Libertarian Party. I think I was one of two hundred.
It was obama vs mccain. and bob barr thought a "vs" belonged before his name. Go phillies!

NH state comments:
I'm embarassed to admit I voted for Ayotte (sen) and Guinta (house) in the mid-terms 2010/tea party days. I think Guinta will lose to Shea-porter in 2012 because he's a goofball. Ayotte is sort of "in with the in crowd" so I'm skeptical that she could be replaced soon BUTTTTTT Jim Forsythe (RP's NH big name state senator) might be a threat. Praise god I hope.

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I am proud to say I wrote in

Submitted by mskellymac on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 22:15.

I am proud to say I wrote in RON PAUL.

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I

Submitted by silentboom on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 21:59.

voted libertarian which unfortunately meant Barr. I should have probably voted Baldwin or wrote in Dr. Paul.

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