Ron Paul 2012 Containment Thread

[snagglepuss]

the % minorities is reason to make that assumption (more military supports obama over paul)

but there is no reason to think more military members support romney-gingrich-santorum over paul.

[dmk]

Originally Posted by snagglepuss

the % minorities is reason to make that assumption (more military supports obama over paul)

but there is no reason to think more military members support romney-gingrich-santorum over paul.

i wouldn't be comfortable profiling minority military personnel as giving more support to one candidate over another

unless there are polls that can show me otherwise

[DVaut1]

I suspect if you controlled for age, Paul's support numbers amongst the military wouldn't be that surprising. Military has a lot of dudes aged 18-24 or whatever, that's the RP cohort right there. You might spend a lot of time navel gazing about why the military <3s Ron Paul when the real variable is young guys like Ron Paul, military or not.

[TomCollins]

Originally Posted by DVaut1

I suspect if you controlled for age, Paul's support numbers amongst the military wouldn't be that surprising. Military has a lot of dudes aged 18-24 or whatever, that's the RP cohort right there. You might spend a lot of time navel gazing about why the military <3s Ron Paul when the real variable is young guys like Ron Paul, military or not.

DVaut wins again. My guess is they support him less than other young men, but not by a huge margin.

[AKSpartan]

Originally Posted by DVaut1

I suspect if you controlled for age, Paul's support numbers amongst the military wouldn't be that surprising. Military has a lot of dudes aged 18-24 or whatever, that's the RP cohort right there. You might spend a lot of time navel gazing about why the military <3s Ron Paul when the real variable is young guys like Ron Paul, military or not.

Lol? His numbers from each branch are low 5-figures. It's pretty clear he doesn't have some near-majority level of support in the military.

[AKSpartan]

Originally Posted by TomCollins

DVaut wins again. My guess is they support him less than other young men, but not by a huge margin.

Incredible work by DVaut here

[ludacris]

Originally Posted by Max Raker

10% Obama is insane. There is no reason to think more military members support Paul than Obama.

Unless you're in the military and actually see who they support.

[SL__72]

PPP, SC:

Mitt Romney 29%
Newt Gingrich 24%
Ron Paul 15%
Rick Santorum 14%
Rick Perry 6%
Jon Huntsman 5%
Buddy Roemer 1%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/m...l-gaining.html

[General Tsao]

Originally Posted by AKSpartan

Incredible work by DVaut here

lol is this sarcasm

[insidemanpoker]

CNN/ORC National Poll

Romney 34%
Gingrich 18%
Paul 15%
Santorum 15%
Perry 9%
Huntsman 4%



Which Republican candidate do you think is most honest and trustworthy? LOL
Jan. 11-12

Romney 24%
Paul 20%
Santorum 20%
Gingrich 11%
Perry 7%
Huntsman 5%


Suppose the only Republican candidates were Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Which of those two
would you support?
Jan. 11-12

Romney 67%
Paul 31%

[bgomez89]

Are you ****ing kidding me with the honesty question?

[Fear Itself]

Originally Posted by insidemanpoker

Which Republican candidate do you think is most honest and trustworthy? LOL
Jan. 11-12 Dec. 16-18
2012 2011
Romney 24%
Paul 20%
Santorum 20%
Gingrich 11%
Perry 7%
Huntsman 5%

[Max Raker]

Originally Posted by dmk

agreed. there's likewise no reason to think more military members support obama than paul

Yes there is. The general population overwhelmingly supports Obama more than Paul.

[RadioActive1]

Originally Posted by insidemanpoker

CNN/ORC National Poll

Which Republican candidate do you think is most honest and trustworthy? LOL
Jan. 11-12

Romney 24%
Paul 20%
Santorum 20%
Gingrich 11%
Perry 7%
Huntsman 5%

I quit

[Max Raker]

Originally Posted by TomCollins

With the dictator case, he is not missing anything, and simply peoples mental association with dictators being evil are getting in the way.

Sigh....it has nothing to do with evilness. Obama obv works with congress, concedes many points to republicans to get legislation passed etc. Paul is saying he is acting like a dictator on certain specific things (obv many things he does are exactly opposite to how real dictators behave) saying Paul is acting like an isolationist in terms of not caring if Iran gets nuclear weapons etc is exactly the same thing. If you were just a random poster I would have assumed you were leveling long ago.