Ron Paul Tops One Million Votes
Posted May 7th, 2008 by bobbyw24
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Ron Paul Tops One Million Votes
Ron Paul finished third in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries tonight, but it looks like those showings of 8% and 7% respectively will be enough to push him past the one million vote mark.
As of this moment, Paul has added 60,757 votes to his total… with 15% of the votes still to be counted in each state. Dave Leip’s Atlas of Election Results shows Ron Paul with 990,043 primary votes and another 44,003 caucus votes… well over one million. By the time every vote is counted tonight, Paul will probably top a million primary votes without even considering caucuses in the equation.
Alan Keyes and Mike Gravel also had “good” nights in terms of their vote counts. Keyes had his best showing of the primary season with 3% in North Carolina. That translates to about 14,000 new votes… bringing his total past 50,000 for the primary season. Keyes has finally leaped ahead of Duncan Hunter in raw popular vote, though Hunter did manage to win a delegate and Keyes has yet to do the same.
Gravel, now running as a Libertarian, was still on the Democratic ballot in North Carolina. He added 12,000 votes (1%) to bring his total past 35,000 for the whole primary season. That means fully one-third of Gravel’s support for President came in today’s primary. But at least he’s now finally pulled ahead of Chris Dodd in the popular vote… it only took him an extra 3 or 4 months.
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“By voting and caucusing
“By voting and caucusing for Dr. Paul, one million Republicans have sent a powerful message to our leaders that they want the GOP to return to its traditions of limited government, personal liberty and a strong national defense,” said campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. “Dr. Paul and the grassroots movement he has inspired are building a bright future for the Republican Party and the United states of America.”
Official Campaign Press Release
I wonder what the percentage is
I wonder what the percentage is of the total voting population of the combined states' primary elections thus far that our little "lunatic fringe" of One Million People has achieved.
"If we want to live in a free society, we need to break free from these artificial limitations on free debate and start asking serious questions once again." -Ron Paul