Striking statistic: Most Ron Paul supporters are WRITING HIM IN
Posted June 13th, 2008 by NotOverYet
output
For me it is a breath of relief that the majority arent going for neocons or neoliberals.
If you have a look at this website you notice that the most striking thing out of the 8,000+ who signed this letter, when you go to any given page the majority of Ron Paul voters are going to Write Him In. This is not a scientific poll but if it is any indication that will be no one's taking the Super majority of Ron Paul voters
what made me sad is the person who made the website didnt include Chuck Baldwin as an option. Probably a biased Barr dissident.
But Im relieved that the super majority of Ron Paul supporters didnt fall fro the Neo-Con or Neo-Liberal tickets this year
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Ron says don't write him in.
Here is what Ron says: "I don’t think that’s very productive. Supporters can do it, of course, but in most of the states it won’t count. And if they can change the rules in a primary and not count all the votes, imagine what they could do with write-in votes!"
He did say that he will be making an announcement in September, probably at the rally, about whom he is going to endorse.
misleading
"Ron says don't write him in."
That is misleading and ignoble of you. Ron Paul did not say "don't write him in."
----
The Antidote to neoCon Koolaid: www.dvds4delegates.com
"We really do have...a once in a lifetime opportunity to take the Republican Party back to where it was." -Kent Snyder, 1959-2008
Still hoping for a miracle in September, here,
and if not, I still plan on writing Ron Paul in....I today again contacted my State Rep. requesting that the paper ballot issue be picked up for the 2009 session. Write-in's are allowed in PA, but we just learned recently that it's a very slipshod operation, differing from county to county. We want consistency; we want paper, traceable ballots....Over and above that, I'd like to see the whole election process get overhauled, with more choices on the ballot. The 2-party system is a failure, imo. Oh yeah, none of the above option on all ballots is something I support, too....
the folly of "write-in"votes
Ron Paul said that he would be running in this year's Presidential race only as a Republican, and only if he got the Republican nomination. Unfortunately, that did not happen.
Congressman Paul is therefore NOT the nominee in this year's Republican race. John ( Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran) McCain is!!
I think and hope that fact is as disgusting to the "write-in" voters as it is to me, but there is nothing that can be done to change it now!
We have a better alternative: We can choose to support, vote for, and campaign for either Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin for President. We can join with and contribute to the Libertarian Party and/or the Constitution Party, get them and their candidates on the ballot, and try to persuade as many of our fellow Republicans (and ex-Republicans)--most of whom don't especially like McCain--to join us and work with us.
We can also work with Ron Paul Republicans so that he has some company in the next Congress and won't be the only libertarian and patriotic Congressman in the House of Representatives.
A "write-in" vote might make you feel good for a minute, while you are doing it, but it does nothing to help either Ron Paul, or the cause of liberty and our Constitution which he so nobly represents!! It will just be discarded in the nearest trash bin.
PEACE AND FREEDOM!!
David K. Meller
dkmeller well said
I only wish Ron Paul would officially endorse Chuck Baldwin so that we could get behind him early enough to make a difference. I understand it may hurt the MN rally..that is all I can think of ...my solution would be to invite Chuck Baldwin and Barr to the rally. Worse case scenario, (maybe, maybe not) RP makes an announcement at the rally and asks everyone to get behind either Baldwin or Barr.
Deep down in my heart of hearts I don't believe RP wants, or thinks being President is his wisest choice, I agree. I am sold on the effectiveness of RP and the Campaign for Liberty, it is going to be a powerful group for political change. All RP ever wanted. was to get the message out there, and get it out, he did!!. Look at all of us.
Even a Baldwin/Paul ticket is not the best idea. Another Constitutional rep (VP) is what we need. We need NUMBERS in DC. RP is already there, we must get some more new faces to represent us. The more the merrier, that is the key.
RP drew attention to the issues by running Republican and I believe he prepared the voters to listen to a third party candidate. Right now Barr is getting more TV time than Baldwin, again, that is good to get the voters introduced to the issues and consider voting third party.
I hate to see the voting power split between Barr and Baldwin. Depending on RP's endorsement; maybe one of the candidates (Barr or Baldwin) could agree to drop out and be appointed by the other if he became Prez.
Remember, Barr also has the option of running for congress again. Our country is desperate for another choice. The evangelicals are a strong voting block and Baldwin would be their easiest transition to vote third party.
It isn't about who wins...this is not a horse race. This is about saving our country. We need numbers in DC representing us. We have to get past this pride about RP being Prez or we are no different than the die-hard partisans whom we complain about and call sheeple. Lets be saavy in our strategy. This is too important for game playing and division. We don't have the numbers for that behaviour. If we don't have a united front we aren't giving potential new voters the confidence to vote third party.
With RP's win in Nevada....
and Mc Cain's tendencies to open mouth and insert foot at inopportune times, I wouldn't count Paul out yet. See the most recent new topic -60% of the Consevatives polled will NOT vote for MC Cain. ( BTW as a Conservative in Reagan's day, I would never have thought McCain would get the RNC nomination). This is not to say that I'm not prepared if Ron Paul is not the nominee, I am certain that I will make one of two choices, and NO, McCain and OBama are not among them)
Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips
Start today
We need to get Chuck Baldwin on the ballot. It's easy:
http://www.constitutionpa...
http://www.dailypaul.com/...
the folly of black-box voting
I'm getting a little tired of having to repeat this everytime the subject comes up, but here goes.
Before voting for a ballot-qualified candidate, please make sure that black-box, Stalinist-style, electronic balloting is not in effect in your state. There is no way to be sure that your vote for a ballot-qualified candidate will be counted, effectively in secret, using proprietary software that is not verifiable by the public.
I will vote for the best man for the job, Ron Paul, whether the Stalinists will "count" it or not.
I encourage every man, woman and child to exercise their own independent thought, principles, judgment and conscience in voting for whomsoever they so choose.
I wouldn't trust any candidate or "supporter" who discourages you from voting for Ron Paul.
Remember, all votes were once write-in votes.
----
The Antidote to neoCon Koolaid: www.dvds4delegates.com
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -John Quincy Adams
bump. I wrote this back on June 13th in support of the write-in
people
I still support the write in revolutionaries fully
__________
Freedom. Watch this video
http://youtube.com/watch?...
Pls donate here Ron Paul can still win
http://www.dvds4delegates...
at some point
I'll bet the Dr. Paul asks us not to write him in but to vote for the candidate of our choice. I have not yet made up my mind who I'm voting for. We'll see...
Don't Write-In Liberty, Vote for It.
If you can't legally vote for Paul as a write-in candidate, put your ballot where your mouth is and vote for Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin.
I'm personally going with Baldwin since he's consistently and passionately campaigned for Ron Paul for almost a year now, while Barr seems a bit more like a flip-flopping opportunist.
Sure, neither of them are Ron Paul, but we have to make do with what we have.
Please, don't just write-in Liberty, vote for it!
I have no other choice.. but to write in Ron Paul
Every vote I have ever casted for President has been a third party candidate as a protest to the establishment. My conscience would not allow me to do otherwise.Then I heard Ron Paul speak in the first debate and I immediately became a Ron Paul Republican. I finally have a candidate I can trust and respect. I never thought I would see the day that I could say I'm a Republican.
I will once against say NO to the establishment by writing in Ron Paul. The GOP has been given due notice. This is our party and we are taking it back.
Long live the Ron Paul Revolution and the Liberty Campaign!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The American Revolution 2.0 will not be televised... It will be downloaded!!!
when I signed it i had to
when I signed it i had to put the write in option because Baldwin was not an option. lol! if Baldwin was a choice I would have put baldwin, because I don't think I can write in Paul here in Colorado.
as for me and my home, we shall worship the LORD
It is not the case that I would regard a write-in vote for
Dr. Paul as a wasted effort. I live in Texas and Texas has a so-called "sore loser" law (really meant to keep the 2-party system in power) that prevents write-in votes for Dr. Paul from being counted. I still plan to show up on election day with my Dr. Paul-2008 sign and, within the laws, walk most of the day away in order to remind my neighbors that there was (and is) an alternative to tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. The first part of November in South Texas should be pretty decent weather. Actually, I'm hoping for a bit of rain, as my presence in the rain might serve to drive the message home.....or convince them that I'm bonkers. :)
What that actually tells you
What that actually tells you is that of Ron Paul's top 1% most ardent supporters, half plan to write him in.
Of the remaining 99% of his supporters that agree with everything he says, but are not quite as much of an activist, I bet less than a fraction of 1% will be writing him in.
Wow.
That was a good attempt at spreading total malarke... GOOD JOB!
I bet you also agreed with the call survey stats earlier in the Primaries that said RP had less than 3% of the vote..
Yes, I would say at that
Yes, I would say at that time they were fairly accurate of the populous as a whole. If they had perhaps only polled politcally active and pluged-in citizens they would have gotten very different results, but for the population they were trying to measure, the results were fairly accurate.
Any statistics major will tell you that the first step to polling is to make sure your sample is representative of the population you are trying to measure. While I think the 8,000-10,000 people that signed the petition might mirror the views of people that daily post on the daily paul, it is not representative of the 1.1million that voted for Ron Paul in the primary.
The 1% of RP's votes that signed the petition are the most polically active and it would be inaccurate to think there views would mirror the next 99% of RP's votes.
Find a new candidate
Or it is a wasted vote because it's not a real counted vote. It's just a piece of paper. Ventura 2008 PRESIDENT- Ron Paul for liberty 1970- till infinity
yes
HYDROMAN and Hydrowoman will write in Ron Paul , if we did not , we would be waisting our votes!
I voted absentee in the primary,
because I trust the Liebold machines as far as I can throw them. (at 5'1" It's not at all) but what are the chances my vote was thrown out because it was absentee?
Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips
Ha ha ha ha ha
I dont trust Diebold machines as far as I can throw them......
Not good, because I can assure you, I could happily throw a Diebold machine a lonnnnnnnnggg way!
well, from what I
well, from what I understand, unless you're an official write in candidate, your vote gets thrown out anyways.... it doesn't seem right....
good question Leslie. sad thing is we can never know
thats why we need to take over vote counting too
________________________________________________________________
"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our freedoms & wealth are in jeoprady"
Ron Paul
Great first step
We all need to be throwing our hats into the ring for turning around our government at the local level. Signing up to work the polls is a very simple, yet effective, first foray into the world of Stuff None Of Us Would Have Previously Considered Participating In Before.
By the way, NOY, you might want to close the link in your OP with < / a> (without the spaces) :)
thnk you fanofwalt
i just didnt get the close the link thing. how and what?
________________________________________________________________
"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our freedoms & wealth are in jeoprady"
Ron Paul
bump
________________________________________________________________
"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our freedoms & wealth are in jeoprady"
Ron Paul