View Full Version : Ron Paul gets 37% among 2nd choices at CPAC: Could be the REAL news?
rp08orbust
02-12-2011, 05:33 PM
EDIT: I just watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9nkTxtRVRU&feature=player_embedded for myself and it appears the 37% number is Ron Paul's COMBINED 1st and 2nd choice total. So if we assume that Ron Paul got all of Gary Johnson's 2nd place votes, that's only 1% left among the rest of voters. Not so encouraging.
robertwerden
02-12-2011, 05:35 PM
I want to know who the first choice was for those who listed paul as second choice.
We know the Gary Johnson people where a portion, but that still leaves 30% so does that mean some Romney people voted for Paul as a second? It has to mean that. That is huge news
TonySutton
02-12-2011, 05:40 PM
From the slide they showed at CPAC the 36% consisted of 30% first choice votes + 6% second choice votes. This probably means nearly all of Gary Johnson's supporters chose Ron as their second choice.
UtahApocalypse
02-12-2011, 05:43 PM
Yeah i want to see a better break down of the numbers here. This could be a bigger development then his win by far.
erowe1
02-12-2011, 05:43 PM
Wow. That is great news, and really surprising. Do you have a link that verifies this?
erowe1
02-12-2011, 05:44 PM
From the slide they showed at CPAC the 36% consisted of 30% first choice votes + 6% second choice votes. This probably means nearly all of Gary Johnson's supporters chose Ron as their second choice.
OK. This sounds more realistic.
OP has bad math. 37% is aggregate number of people who listed him 1 or 2.
sailingaway
02-12-2011, 06:09 PM
It wasn't second choices, it was the combined votes on the first two ballots. It is still huge, since they do it so a nonmainstream candidate will lose the second number due to way underperforming on the second ballot-- and Ron won both.
LOL!
Sorry, you didn't need to be told that three times...
low preference guy
02-12-2011, 06:23 PM
Gary Johnson won the second choice poll with 15%.
brandon
02-12-2011, 06:30 PM
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