I saw the link posted earlier. Here it is if you missed it. The results didn't show what I thought they would.
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/21/straw-poll-dec-21-jan-4/?ncid=NWS00010000000001
2007-12-25 14:58:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I won't say how I voted, But I too was pretty amazed. I hope this is no t even close to scientific. Becuse Ron Paul has no buisness in the White House. Unless as a dinner guest.
2007-12-25 15:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by SFC_Ollie 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
You know what the big whinefest was about when Mitt Romney won the straw poll in Ames, Iowa last August? It was that his organization bussed in support from the neighboring counties, in effect "stacking" the poll. (We'll ignore, for the moment, the fact that other campaigns were also bussing in supporters, and that it's entirely legal and expected, anyway.)
Has it occurred to anyone that the reason Ron Paul wins so many Internet polls is because the same people vote in each one? There's a network of Ron Paul supporters who, much the same way Romney did in Iowa, "bus in" other Ron Paul supporters to vote in these polls.
And yes, I've looked at the AOL poll, and I know it's broken down by region. You know what else I know? That hardly any of the other candidate's base is online at the moment. They're out there in the real world, either actively going around and drumming up real votes for their candidate (which is why those "other" polls are so "skewed"), or, more likely, they simply don't care about Internet polls enough to rally around them.
Get me all the people who are voting for Romney and Giuliani and Clinton and Obama in the "real world", and convince them that it's worth their time to actually log into AOL and participate in this "poll." You'll see a change. But until then, don't act like this is anything more than another stacked poll.
2007-12-25 15:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Paper Mage 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, I didn't take the poll.
You didn't like my little poem, so you reported me. You claim your man supports the Constitution, but you certainly don't want me to have my First Amendment rights, do you?
2007-12-25 16:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by Rick K 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
So come clean Donna K, you work for the Hillary campaign right?
2007-12-25 16:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Masked Crusader 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ron Paul will win.
Were you expecting the media's favorites to win?
They can polish and polish their favorite turds, in the end, they're still holding, you guessed it, turds.
2007-12-25 15:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by doug4jets 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yep. And it went to Ron Paul. But that is no surprise. Most of his support is online. But in real life, he will not win.
2007-12-25 15:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
yup and voted my ONE vote for Ron Paul
2007-12-25 15:02:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Obama woo!..:]
2007-12-25 15:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋