If Ron Paul has raised as much as McCain this quarter, why hasn't it reflected in the polls?

Question

His donations we an average of 60$ a pop and is predicted to get double that next quarter.

nileslad he hasn't spent much, the point is people/voters are ones donating this money.

Answer 1

The fascist war monsters who own the media are scared of Ron Paul getting recognition beyond the internet. The drooling masses who are telepathically controlled via the TV thru shows like "American Idol" or anything on "Fox News" will not stand to let Ron Paul's voice be heard.

Answer 2

Republican leaders don't view Ron Paul as a republican candidate. Therefore they are using their influence with the mass media to keep the Ron Paul from getting as much publicity as all of the other second string candidates.

Answer 3

there is a organized disinformation campaign going on

here is a perfect example
Daniel McAdams

Reading this weekend’s Washington Post piece on Blackwater founder Erik Prince, I came across a paragraph that perplexed me:

“Prince was a White House intern under President George H.W. Bush. His political donations over the past two decades total almost $263,000 to Pat Buchanan, Oliver North, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and former senator Rick Santorum, a Pennsylvania Republican, among others.”

What? Why would an individual who has profited to the tune of several billion dollars from the drug war and the Iraq and Afghanistan war be giving money to the most antiwar and anti-war-on-drugs Member of Congress? Catholic guilt?

So I decided to do some looking around.

First I went to the Federal Election Commission website and checked contributors to Dr. Paul’s presidential campaign. No Erik Prince.

Then I looked at Dr. Paul’s contributors to every congressional race since 2001 (pre-Blackwater bonanza days). No Erik Prince.

Then I cross-checked all of Erik Prince’s political giving, going back to 2001 on CQ’s excellent Moneyline website. Nothing.

Surely the reporter didn’t make this up?

Ah, finally found it! When Ron Paul returned to Congress in 1995 Prince gave $1,000. Then he gave another $1,000 the next year. Nothing since then. And Prince’s listed profession when he gave two grand to Ron Paul? US Navy!

That equals less than one-one hundredth of what Prince is said to have given to dozens of GOP recipients, yet somehow that same Washington Post that doesn’t seem to know that Ron Paul even exists saw fit to print it without clarification or explanation, leaving the reader to conclude that Ron Paul is just another candidate who gets money from the military industrial complex that he (pretends) to rail about.

This is called “disinformation,” and from Ron Paul to the wars they are shilling for against Iran and Syria, the Washington Post is proving itself a master that would have made Trotsky proud.

ron paul 08'

Answer 4

Well the polls involving Ron Paul usually are about the Republican primaries and usually are taken with registered Republican voters, so that suggests to me that much of his support comes from Independents and Democrats.

Answer 5

Money doesn't always translate into support at the polls. If the dog won't eat the dog food, no matter how much you spend on it won't matter much in the end.

Answer 6

I would say it would have to do with where he spends that money. From someone who gets such low recognition in polls, he seems quite capable of amassing campaign money. Curious indeed, but where is it getting spent to increase his electability?

Answer 7

Because the polls are rigged by old, bitter, people who hate anything that's supported by young, vibrant people.

Answer 8

Its clear the media is against the guy. Hes clearly a better contender than McCain but being against the corporate controlled media and special interest is going to sink him. Did you see this video?
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/853396/ron_paul_girl_register_now/

Answer 9

He's a kook and his views obviously do not appeal the the average voter. He care nothing about the honor of America and wants to eliminate the Federal Reserve, the IRS, the CIA and the FBI.

Maybe kook is too strong of a word to describe him - how about nut case! Money is important but votes are what counts.

Just curious, you have claimed in the past that you are Canadian. Why are you so interested in this strange looser of a candidate? You can't vote for him.

Answer 10

It doesn't matter how much your raise in campaign contributions, it matters how many votes you get.