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aclove
10-04-2010, 08:28 AM
The American Spectator is currently conducting their first 2012 presidential straw poll. Ron Paul is, as of 10:30 Eastern, only at 4%.

You know what to do.

hxxp://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll
liberalnurse
10-04-2010, 08:47 AM
Palin and Christie are in the lead as of 10:47am EST
JamesButabi
10-04-2010, 08:53 AM
5%
Bergie Bergeron
10-04-2010, 09:08 AM
Voted like 6 times and still at 5%.
JacobG18
10-04-2010, 09:17 AM
Voted like 6 times and still at 5%.

I voted once. Didn't know you can re vote
brenden.b
10-04-2010, 09:26 AM
Done...bump.

6%
Romulus
10-04-2010, 09:32 AM
7% bump
Rocco
10-04-2010, 09:34 AM
still 7% bump
tjeffersonsghost
10-04-2010, 09:36 AM
7%
Thrashertm
10-04-2010, 10:01 AM
7% Maybe they do a batch update?
Matt Collins
10-04-2010, 10:21 AM
I think their captcha is broken, it won't let me vote.
torchbearer
10-04-2010, 10:25 AM
I think their captcha is broken, it won't let me vote.

captcha is case sensative.
Rocco
10-04-2010, 10:31 AM
BUMP 8%. Lets go guys, get to voting!
Kregisen
10-04-2010, 10:31 AM
In 3rd place at 8%....come on guys, we should be up to 30% by now.
chudrockz
10-04-2010, 10:37 AM
Bump! Voted. Still at 8%. Argh.
Matt Collins
10-04-2010, 10:42 AM
captcha is case sensative.I know and I have tried that multiple times to no avail :(
Agorism
10-04-2010, 10:42 AM
9%
Bergie Bergeron
10-04-2010, 11:08 AM
I know and I have tried that multiple times to no avail :(
It's hard sometimes but try it again, it's VERY sensitive.
LibertyMage
10-04-2010, 11:10 AM
9%
erowe1
10-04-2010, 11:18 AM
It's hard sometimes but try it again, it's VERY sensitive.

I had to try multiple times too. It eventually worked.
virgil47
10-04-2010, 11:35 AM
Maybe they check the I.D. of the voting computer to catch those that would stuff the ballot box.
bunklocoempire
10-04-2010, 12:05 PM
Palin 17%

Christie 12%

Paul 9%

Huckabee 7%

Romney 7%

DeMint 6%


Bunkloco
Wren
10-04-2010, 12:19 PM
Voted, still 9%. Palin at 18%
trey4sports
10-04-2010, 12:23 PM
What happened to all the spammers in their parents basement?
teacherone
10-04-2010, 12:30 PM
voted 10%
Epic
10-04-2010, 02:46 PM
voted, still at 9%
Austin
10-04-2010, 02:50 PM
Palin ---- 19%
Christie - 12%
Paul ----- 9%
Epic
10-04-2010, 02:59 PM
Back to 10%, we need reinforcements.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 03:55 PM
It's on dailypaul now for more reenforcements
Austin
10-04-2010, 04:19 PM
Don't forget to post it to facebook.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 04:29 PM
http://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll

close
JohnEngland
10-04-2010, 04:34 PM
This poll is a bit silly in that it includes people who are definitely not running in 2012, like Christie. He's said so repeatedly.

So I wonder where his votes would have gone to...
Michigan11
10-04-2010, 04:35 PM
RP is tied for 2nd at 11%, Palin is in first at 18%

Keep voting!
wormyguy
10-04-2010, 04:58 PM
Once we vote Ron into first, we should vote Johnson into second.
brenden.b
10-04-2010, 05:26 PM
Just voted again with a different e-mail...Now at 12%.
Epic
10-04-2010, 05:48 PM
Palin 18
Paul 12
Christie 10
Huckabee 7
Romney 7
Kregisen
10-04-2010, 06:09 PM
While she is a pretty face and all does she really have a chance? Now If it were a Ron Paul / Palin ticket that I would consider.

I'm new to the forums so don't beat me up too bad.

She has a small chance of winning the GOP nomination and 0% of winning the generals once winning the GOP nom.

About 52% of the country would vote against her no matter what....she's the most un-electable person out there.
Kregisen
10-04-2010, 06:10 PM
By the way guys, you don't have to use your email....you can put any made up email in there, and apparently can vote as many times as you want, just by typing in a new email every time.
TC95
10-04-2010, 06:11 PM
YUCK! Palin is currently winning with 18% with Paul behind at 12%. Not that the poll matters since you can vote multiple times if you have a dozen e-mail addresses.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 06:13 PM
We haven't won yet?
Kregisen
10-04-2010, 06:14 PM
YUCK! Palin is currently winning with 18% with Paul behind at 12%. Not that the poll matters since you can vote multiple times if you have a dozen e-mail addresses.

There's no confirmation code....you don't even have to use a real email address.
TC95
10-04-2010, 06:15 PM
Now If it were a Ron Paul / Palin ticket that I would consider.

Paul would never choose her as his running mate. They are polar opposites. She's warmonger. He is not. It'll never happen.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 06:18 PM
Here's link


http://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll

13% Paul

18% Palin
libertybrewcity
10-04-2010, 06:40 PM
Paul at 13%.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 06:40 PM
Come on we have to beat her!

YouTube - Dan Gable - Video Clips and Aggression (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olpmZTFoAPE)
Agorism
10-04-2010, 06:52 PM
14%
stefank
10-04-2010, 07:00 PM
we need to win this because most of the people on there think conservatives are complete opposites as libertarians even though Ronald Reagen said "If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."
Agorism
10-04-2010, 07:25 PM
closing!
Michael Landon
10-04-2010, 07:25 PM
15%

- ml
Michael Landon
10-04-2010, 07:26 PM
How come it puts my "- ML" as lower case rather than the proper upper CASE?

No matter how many times I edit the post above it still puts it in lower case.

- ML
Agorism
10-04-2010, 08:27 PM
Paul pulls into lead (http://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll/results)




Ron Paul
21%
Sarah Palin
17%
Chris Christie
9%
Mike Huckabee
6%
Mitt Romney
6%
Jim DeMint
5%
Newt Gingrich
5%
Paul Ryan
4%
John Bolton
3%
Mitch Daniels
3%
Bobby Jindal
2%
Other
2%
Mike Pence
2%
Haley Barbour
1%
Tim Pawlenty
1%
David Petraeus
1%
Christine O'Donnell
0%
Rick Santorum
0%
John Thune
0%
Rudy Giuliani
0%
Gary Johnson
0%
Jeb Bush
0%
Epic
10-04-2010, 08:30 PM
Ron Paul just put on the afterburners...
wormyguy
10-04-2010, 08:30 PM
Paul pulls into lead (http://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll/results)
Let's start voting up Gary Johnson now.
rp08orbust
10-04-2010, 08:32 PM
23%

Obviously, someone has started a bot in the last couple hours. Not cool.
Kregisen
10-04-2010, 08:32 PM
This is being posted everywhere now....even the Ron Paul 2012 facebook page posted it. He's at 23% now and skyrocketing....by the time the first person reads this comment he'll be at 25%.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 08:38 PM
No way to bot that.
rp08orbust
10-04-2010, 08:48 PM
No way to bot that.

As someone pointed out, it counts your vote without you having to confirm your email address. And the captcha thing does seem a bit wonky--when I voted, my browser suggested the correct captcha string for me.
Wesker1982
10-04-2010, 08:53 PM
27% now
KMartsOH
10-04-2010, 08:56 PM
Just voted. Ron Paul in the lead at 28%.
Agorism
10-04-2010, 08:57 PM
As someone pointed out, it counts your vote without you having to confirm your email address. And the captcha thing does seem a bit wonky--when I voted, my browser suggested the correct captcha string for me.

I think it saves ip addresses as well though since I tried voting a few times.
libertybrewcity
10-04-2010, 09:47 PM
LOL! 32%! good work friends
Bergie Bergeron
10-04-2010, 10:20 PM
If someone found a way to bot that then it's fair since it was probably fn' hard.
devil21
10-05-2010, 04:14 AM
37% for RP.

Palin second with....who cares.

I voted with no issues at all.
lynnf
10-05-2010, 04:21 AM
The American Spectator is currently conducting their first 2012 presidential straw poll. Ron Paul is, as of 10:30 Eastern, only at 4%.

You know what to do.

hxxp://spectator.org/polls/2012-gop-straw-poll

can't vote for Paul now, captcha fails.

lynn
WaterWine41
10-05-2010, 04:41 AM
can't vote for Paul now, captcha fails.

lynn

It was tricky for me too... it's Case-sensitive and hard to read, so just keep trying.
jdmyprez_deo_vindice
10-05-2010, 05:11 AM
who wants to help get Gary Johnson to second place?
lynnf
10-05-2010, 05:53 AM
It was tricky for me too... it's Case-sensitive and hard to read, so just keep trying.

found out what it was ... doesn't work for dial-up.

lynn
rp08orbust
10-05-2010, 07:36 AM
I predict that once Ron Paul's bar is filled up to 40%, it goes back to zero ;)
sailingaway
10-05-2010, 07:41 AM
voted and saw Ron at 38% in the lead, unless my computer was malfuntioning. You can't vote more than once, you have to put in your email address and it only lets you vote once a month per instructions.
libertybrewcity
10-05-2010, 09:36 AM
bump again. I am going to put some votes in for Gary J now!
Wren
10-05-2010, 10:53 AM
If you have more than 1 email, you know what to do
wormyguy
10-05-2010, 10:53 AM
bump again. I am going to put some votes in for Gary J now!
The results should be:

1. Paul
2. Johnson
3. Other
torchbearer
10-05-2010, 10:59 AM
If you have more than 1 email, you know what to do

you can make up emails too. there is no verification.
Kregisen
10-05-2010, 11:16 AM
Everyone vote for Gary Johnson now!! Stop voting for Ron....after 25% it just hurts us. The whole point in voting is to make it look like Ron is one of the frontrunners, since the majority of americans vote based on who the frontrunners are. But nobody will believe Ron is getting 40-50% of the republican vote.
Brett
10-05-2010, 11:20 AM
I voted for Palin so the poll looks less stacked.

We need to get better at looking realistic. Eventually they're going to get annoyed and just stop providing Ron Paul as an option, then what have we accomplished?
KCIndy
10-05-2010, 11:23 AM
LOL at Giuliani's ZERO percent!! :D
jt8025
10-05-2010, 11:58 AM
Ron Paul at 40%
Gary Johnson at 1%
Epic
10-05-2010, 12:10 PM
Guys, as campaign season comes around, the "Ron Paul Community" needs to get its act together and start COORDINATING OUR INTERNET EFFORTS BETTER.

Specifically, all internet activists need to know to stop voting for Ron Paul once he gains a 5-10% lead in any internet poll, lest the poll lose its credibility.

The AmSpec 2012 poll will be conducted every month - and next month, let's not totally flood the poll. Just win it.
BuddyRey
10-06-2010, 05:20 AM
Mega-bump!
erowe1
10-06-2010, 07:00 AM
Guys, as campaign season comes around, the "Ron Paul Community" needs to get its act together and start COORDINATING OUR INTERNET EFFORTS BETTER.

Specifically, all internet activists need to know to stop voting for Ron Paul once he gains a 5-10% lead in any internet poll, lest the poll lose its credibility.

The AmSpec 2012 poll will be conducted every month - and next month, let's not totally flood the poll. Just win it.

Internet polls don't have credibility to start with that they could lose. The very fact that we do this stuff at all proves that we know that.