Laurel Aitken said:
Kasz216 said:
mrstickball said:
Yep. Great candidate. He has 7 delegates right now and is tied with Romney and Santorum. I don't think he'll win, but he's proving the left-right political spectrum is starting to crumble.
Gary Johnson left the party and is now seeking the Libertarian nomination. They just took a poll and asked voters if there were three major candidates - Obama, Romney and Johnson - who would they vote for, and he already has 9% of the votes as a candidate with little name recognition. If he could get Ron Paul to run with him, they'd be a great force in the elections. |
I'd keep in kind that polls favor those who care a lot since people have to be willing to donate their time for a fairly long survey for no reward, and "caring a lot" tends to skew away from the main parties.
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Those who care a lot, almost always vote. Those who don't care a lot, doesn't always vote. That happens a lot in my country, although, I don't know the level of participation that the presidential elections i the U.S. have.
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Don't always vote, but some do.
A lot of people are going to be willing to vote for the leader of their country, but NOT be willing to go through a 15-30 minute poll for no real benefit.
People like Ron Paul supporters may see it as a way to "Rep their canddiate" which is why for example whenever a cable network show posts a "Who won the debate" question, Ron Paul gets like 80% of the voets despite the fact that he almost never gets voted for.
It's also why ron paul often wins straw polls and the like.
