Ron Paul rocks the vote in Idaho primary yesterday! 24%

[acroso]

Link to CNN results, best showing yet in a primary state. (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#ID)

Idaho's delegates are proportional so we shall get 4-5 delegates.

From LRC blog


May 27, 2008
Ron Paul at 23% in Idaho Primary
Posted by Eric A. Garris at May 27, 2008 10:16 PM

With 23% in Idaho, I believe this is Ron Paul's best showing in a primary state.

Idaho has a proportional delegate allocation, so, if this percentage holds, Ron Paul will win 4 or 5 national delegates from Idaho.

UPDATE: Ron Paul's totals were best in the northern part of the state. He received 40% of the vote in the northern-most county, Boundary County.


...and a link to LRC (http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/021223.html).


http://prbipartisan.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/28262-voteordie.jpg

[jarofclay]

Nice! Almost as good as Montana for the caucus, but even better because its a primary!

Good job Idaho!

[rpfan2008]

WOW!!

The revolution has crossed the smear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smearing)

[amy31416]

GTFOH! That's fantastic!

Can't wait to see the press on this (if any...)

Boundary county at the tip with 40% of the votes for Ron Paul--fantastic!

[jake]

now we are talking.

[SteveMartin]

I love Boundary County! What is it with the northernmost counties in this country?

GO NORTH, YOUNG MAN!

(We also swept my county--Aroostook County, ME--for Ron Paul, and that was when there were still 5 active announced contenders for the GOP nomination.)

[familydog]

Good job Idaho!

[Bern]

Who knew potatoes were brain food? :D

[nf7mate]

Woo Hoo!

[Primbs]

Great Job.

[skyorbit]

The 2 states that we did best in (PA and ID) Both had the High Tide Ad

It's NOT to late to donate!

http://alcpac.chipin.com/high-tide-s-dakota-2

Tracy

[OhioMichael]

Digg:

h ttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Revolution_in_Idaho_24_for_Ron_Paul

[liberteebell]

Excellent! :D:cool:

[Primbs]

The 2 states that we did best in (PA and ID) Both had the High Tide Ad

It's NOT to late to donate!

http://alcpac.chipin.com/high-tide-s-dakota-2

Tracy

How many times did the ad run?

It is a very memorable ad.

[wgadget]

Dugg.

[SteveMartin]

We did 21% in the Maine caucuses...second best to date, I think.

Too bad our convention effort was so poorly led...

[AdamT]

How many times did the ad run?

It is a very memorable ad.

Over 200 times.

[goldstandard]

Yeah! Dugg.

[amy31416]

There is zero coverage of the Idaho primary as far as I can find.

[limequat]

There is zero coverage of the Idaho primary as far as I can find.

Word of mouth: "In Idaho, Ron Paul got more votes than Hillary and Barack combined"

[WarningSLO]

Amazing, amazing.

[Bruno]

Kick ass!

Donate to High Tide for SD!

[qh4dotcom]

Word of mouth: "In Idaho, Ron Paul got more votes than Hillary and Barack combined"

The Idaho Democratic contest was a caucus, not a primary.

[qh4dotcom]

Can't understand why you all are getting happy about 24% when McCain got 70%

24% is disappointing considering that the dropped out candidates like Huckabee were finally not on the ballot and many of those votes don't necessarily come from Ron Paul supporters, they are protest votes from people who don't like McCain.

I'm only going to be happy when Dr. Paul beats McCain.

[wgadget]

Well, 70% is NOT a mandate for McCain no matter how you spin it.

He will lose in a landslide, of his own doing.

[amy31416]

Can't understand why you all are getting happy about 24% when McCain got 70%

24% is disappointing considering that the dropped out candidates like Huckabee were finally not on the ballot and many of those votes don't necessarily come from Ron Paul supporters, they are protest votes from people who don't like McCain.

I'm only going to be happy when Dr. Paul beats McCain.

I understand that. What it is to me, is a showing that our movement has better numbers than the media will admit to. While I do understand that some of those votes were probably just protest votes, I much prefer a protest vote to someone toeing the party line, like so many Republicans have done in the past.

It's a good sign.

[Agorism]

Forgot we did so well in this one.

[anaconda]

Forgot we did so well in this one.

McCain beat Dr. Paul by 46 percentage points.