Is it because he reminds him of their grandfather? Or is it his impossible idealogy?
2007-09-28 01:34:14 · 14 answers · asked by The Wiz 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Ron Paul's following is growing fast.
It looks like he will probably receive more than 5 times as much in donations in the last week of the third quarter as he received the last week of the second quarter.
In last week of the second quarter he received $209912.72.
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_DATE_C00432914.html
He will probably receive more than one million in this last week of the third quarter.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Ron Paul is the only Republican who can defeat Hillary Clinton.
Ron Paul is not a pacifist.
Paul voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
He sees the terroists and their teachers as individuals and not as representatives of any nation or the religion of Islam.
Paul introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, which would have granted Letters of Marque and Reprisal, as authorized by Article One, Section Eight, against the specific terrorists, instead of warring against a foreign state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#Letters_of_Marque_and_Reprisal
Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans.
Obama and McCain were second and third in donations from military and veterans.
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu6EwxOhGZI8ANxJXNyoA?p=%22ron+Paul%22+military+donations&fr=ush-360
http://phreadom.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-is-most-financially-military.html
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/
1 Paul
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_EMPLOYER_C00432914.html
2 Obama
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431445/A_EMPLOYER_C00431445.html
3 McCain
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430470/A_EMPLOYER_C00430470.html
4 Clinton
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431569/A_EMPLOYER_C00431569.html
5 Richardson
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431577/A_EMPLOYER_C00431577.html
6 Romney
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431171/A_EMPLOYER_C00431171.html
7 Edwards
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431205/A_ELECTION_C00431205.html
8 Giuliani
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430512/A_EMPLOYER_C00430512.html
Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html
Tancredo and Ron Paul have the best voting records for reducing government spending according to the National Taxpayers Union.
They were the only candidates to score 100 percent "A" Grades from 1992 to 2005.
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97#
Sportsbook.com rates both Paul and Romney at 8 to 1 odds which is approximately an 11 percent chance of becoming the next President.
Mitt Romney's campaign only had 35 percent more cash than Ron Paul after subtracting debts on 06/30/2007.
($3,176,525 / $2,354,855 = 1.349)
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80000748
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003353
Paul's campaign has almost 5 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003429
Romney's contributions from individuals dropped by a third from the first quarter to the second quarter.
Paul's contributions almost quadrupled from Q1 to Q2.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/?nid=roll_08campaign
Ron Paul received more than 10 times as much in donations in the last week of June as he received in the first week of April.
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_DATE_C00432914.html
Ron Paul's $2.4 million in fundraising after the second quarter placed him:
4th in total receipts to date
3rd in total current assets (ahead of former front-runner John McCain, and just $800,000 behind Mitt Romney)
Ron Paul has more friends in MySpace and more subscribers in YouTube than any other Republican.
As of September 4, Ron Paul has won 9 of 23 straw polls.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/
Thus far, 47% of the contributions made to Ron Paul's campaign are donations of under $200 from individuals (John McCain's 17% is the second-highest percentage).
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-small-donors-love-him.html
This is a telling statistic, as it highlights the fact that most other candidates rely heavily upon donations from corporate interests and political action committees (PACs) (i.e. moneyed, influence-seeking sources who can readily afford to contribute large sums). Since Congressman Paul has always voted against special favors and privileges for anyone, special interests know they have nothing to gain by stuffing Ron Paul's campaign coffers. As one member of my local Meetup group put it on a home-made sign, "Ron Paul is thin because he won't let special interests buy him lunch."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/sutton1.html
You can learn more about him here.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RonPaul2008dotcom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
2007-09-28 01:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Eric Inri 6 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Ron Paul stands for limited government and ultimate freedom. In his own words, "Freedom is popular". Basically his ideas stem from what the constitution says. He wants to have the federal government play as little of a role as possible and give most of the decision-making back to the states.
The other thing is that he says what he means. Interview after interview he stands his ground and never flip flops. If you look at his voting record, he votes for what he believes in, which is what the constitution says. It is easy to figure out what he believes in because no matter what the issue is, his solution is "follow the constitution, if the constitution doesnt say anything then let the states handle it".
Saying that he doesnt stand a chance based on his polling is kind of inaccurate because he has won more straw polls than any other republican and has beat all the other candidates head-to-head in the straw polls.
There have been 3 straw polls in New Hampshire, which is often considered the most important state (more than Iowa), because it is the first primary (Iowa is generally second) and whoever wins it gets a lot of press coverage before the rest of the primaries. He has won all 3 of them with at least 65% of the vote.
Now that he has announced that he pulled in $5 million in the 3Q, which tied the amount of top tier candidates such as John McCain and Bill Richardson, he will start to be considered a top tier candidate, which will get him press coverage. More press coverage means more exposure and his numbers in the polls will start to climb.
To wrap it up, the reason that so many people support him, is because he does have a chance. And because so many people support him, his chances of winning the primaries are steadily increasing.
2007-10-04 05:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by x4alc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is the only one who actually knows what he is saying. The only reason he wants to be president is to protect the country, not for the power trip that it seems every other candidate is looking for. He educates himself on every issue and understands what the problem really is before trying to implement the wrong solution.
His following is not as cult like as you think. He is extremely popular over the entire country. The media reports his numbers on polls at around 3%, but when there is an actual poll where people have to physically get out and vote, he wins almost every one. The polls that show him at 3% only poll Republicans who voted in the primary for the last election. So anyone who didn't vote in the last primary as a republican will not be polled. I have never voted before because no one was worth voting for.
Oh and the grandfather comment....Ronald Reagan was 70 when he first became preisdent and served two terms. Ron Paul is 72.
2007-10-02 14:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by chris m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I keep asking that question.
How can they say, with a straight face, that Paul is the only one that can beat Hillary in the general election? Rasmussen stated that in a head to head Paul looses by 20%.
How can they say he WINS all these straw polls when he came in 5th in Iowa? How can they claim that lots of contributions means he has "momentum" when he still is at about 1%, according to Rasmussen.
A good example is "Eric, RI" above. He will always cut and paste the same type of LOOOONG rant and say this ridiculous such as, "Ron Paul's following is growing fast.
It looks like he will probably receive more than 5 times as much in donations in the last week ........."
Hey, Eric, SO WHAT. His vote count doesn't go up and that's where it counts.
Oh, and if a question is posted here and you say anything negative about their "hero" they give you a thumbs down even though you state FACTS.
2007-09-28 03:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Candidates like this come along from time to time. Young people love to jump on band wagons with other youth. They don't care that he doesn't stand a chance; they just want to be in a cult. Hippie communes, Manson family, etc. They just want to belong to something.
2007-10-03 02:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a
scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When
his cause succeeds, however, the timid join
him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
- Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935
2007-09-28 05:14:56 · answer #6 · answered by beesting 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The candidates that actually would make the best President, ie: Paul, kucinish, Gravel, do not have the blessing of their parties leadership, plus they are not pretty enough nor do they cow-tow to corporate america. the people don't count. Sure we can all vote but it's who counts the vote that matters. Focus!
2007-09-28 02:42:53 · answer #7 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its what he stands for....and alot more than the young and the internet follow him. You just wont hear about it but Ron Paul ahs a very diverse and large group of people following him...but you wont hear about that on Fox or something like that...its their job to keep himas quiet as possible.
2007-09-28 01:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by SS4 Elby 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
He actually reflects what a lot of America is thinking. A return to Constitutional rights, as well as other rights that have been taken away from Americans.
2007-09-28 02:30:33 · answer #9 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I wish I knew. Paul has a zero chance of winning, unless you ask one of his Yahoo supporters. They are soooooo over the top!
2007-09-28 03:25:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
IF you realized the REASON he doesn't stand a chance than you will know why we follow him. He hasn't been bought by the elite and money powers and honestly loves his country. I'd rather support a "loser" than join the sheeple in supporting a "winner". Any candidate who is CFR is the SAME , regardless of party.
2007-09-28 01:42:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 2⤋