Hot Air includes Ron Paul in poll - please vote

[Inkblots]

Hot Air has, for the first time this year, included Ron Paul in their primary poll. Let's show Hot Air how much support Ron has this time around!

The poll is here: hxxp://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/01/hot-air-primary-survey-may-edition/

[Matthew Zak]

Voted for Ron and Rand.

[Agorism]

nice early catch

[angelatc]

Might want to break the link.

[Inkblots]

^Good thought, thanks.

[Wren]

Voted. 1) Ron 2) Rand

[ItsTime]

Voted for Romney

[Inkblots]

^ You forgot your /sarc tag there, ItsTime.

[kah13176]

Voted.

[Cleaner44]

Voted. 1) Ron 2) Rand

Ditto

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Voted!

[WilliamC]

Voted for Ron Paul/Christie since I think it is unreasonable to believe were Ron to win the nomination that he could get away with a libertarian VP and even I wouldn't support a Paul/Paul ticket since it would concentrate too much power in one family and I think Christie at least is moving the NJ State government in the right direction.

Rand was my second choice for President though.

[CheezItsRule]

Voted! Thanks for the heads up!

[Wren]

Voted for Ron Paul/Christie since I think it is unreasonable to believe were Ron to win the nomination that he could get away with a libertarian VP and even I wouldn't support a Paul/Paul ticket since it would concentrate too much power in one family and I think Christie at least is moving the NJ State government in the right direction.

Rand was my second choice for President though.

And what if something were to happen to RP during his service? Do you expect Chris Christie to be trustworthy enough to adhere to RP's positions?

[KramerDSP]

Ron Paul-Chris Christie was my vote, with Rand as second choice for President.

What were the results of the April primary? I wonder how well Rand did in that one, either as President or VP.

ETA - Found it. http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/04/hot-air-april-primary-results-and-the-winner-is/


After casting almost 7,000 total ballots — a new high — Hot Air readers have again made Sarah Palin their top choice for the Republican nomination for President. Palin took 33% of the vote, followed by Herman Cain at 11%, Mitt Romney also at 11%, Tim Pawlenty at 9%, and Rand Paul with 7%, only a few dozen votes ahead of Michele Bachmann.

3% said Rand should be VP.

73% said we had no national interest in Libya and should just leave.

[IndianaPolitico]

Voted for Ron Paul. (Of course.)

[rprprs]

voted

[CaseyJones]

Voted!!

[KramerDSP]

And what if something were to happen to RP during his service? Do you expect Chris Christie to be trustworthy enough to adhere to RP's positions?

I agree with you, but we won't look like a bunch of obsessives by constantly demanding the Paul/Paul ticket. Besides, Hot Air votes are not binding, are they? ;)

[discing_engineer]

Me and my girlfriend both voted for Ron, thanks for the link

[Ray]

Poll isn't loading for me :/

[stefank]

1.) voted Ron
VP.) voted rand
2.) voted Ron

[Lucille]

Voted. Walter Williams was (is) my pick for VP.

[Wren]

I agree with you, but we won't look like a bunch of obsessives by constantly demanding the Paul/Paul ticket. Besides, Hot Air votes are not binding, are they? ;)

I agree with that notion as well, but it's a tough decision. There are very few people who have political experience and can be considered trustworthy besides Rand. Maybe Mike lee, although I don't know enough about him on foreign policy yet.

[Koz]

voted

[iamse7en]

Let's show those neocons that they can't ignore us forever.

[torchbearer]

voted

[ssantoro]

Voted.

[sailingaway]

Vote? As soon as I can breath....:p

voted for Ron/Rand w/ Rand for second choice as president but added a note that if they hadn't had Rand as a choice I'd have put de mint, so they would know we don't only know who the Pauls are. And I thanked them for including Ron.

[Brent Pierce]

Voted. Sure is hard for us 10 Ron Paul supporters on the internet to keep the illusion going. lol

[libertybrewcity]

voted.

[Sola_Fide]

Done.

[FSP-Rebel]

In

[freedoms-light]

voted
ron potus
rand vp
rand 2nd choice

[Sentient Void]

Done and done.

[Verrater]

Voted and had a friend too.

[PeacePlan]

Done

[Sola_Fide]

LoL

No one can stop the Paulbots:)

[FSP-Rebel]

Nice that we're giving hot air a taste of what's to come.

[RileyE104]

Voted. I also picked the option saying I formally supported Romney, to make it look like he's losing support to Ron. :p

[WilliamC]

Voted. I also picked the option saying I formally supported Romney, to make it look like he's losing support to Ron. :p

sneaky, wish I'd thought of it!

[FSP-Rebel]

Voted. I also picked the option saying I formally supported Romney, to make it look like he's losing support to Ron. :p

Ya, I did mine with Schmuckabee.

[WilliamC]

And what if something were to happen to RP during his service? Do you expect Chris Christie to be trustworthy enough to adhere to RP's positions?

I honestly don't know, but realpolitick leads me to believe that Ron Paul would have to chose a more 'moderate' running mate if he does win the primary.

And as much paranoia as I have, I think information flow is far different today than it has been in the past so the chances of a successful knock-off are much lower now than they were in the 60's.

[White Bear Lake]

I saw this awhile ago and voted.


PLEASE DO NOT SPAM. ONLY VOTE ONCE. Hot Air is probably the biggest conservative blog out there currently so it draws a lot of attention. Don't give them an excuse to make us look bad because they can detect auto votes.

The guy who runs the poll will also put out a map in a week or so that shows where each vote came from so it will be interesting to see where Paul's support is concentrated.

Anyways, spread the word. I want to win this. Anyone think we can get 50%? lol

[gtjarruda]

Voted for Ron/Rand.

Put hug-a-bee as formally supported

[White Bear Lake]

^Everyone should do that and say they formally supported Huckabee. Get a nice little trend for that going.

[IPSecure]

What kind of questions are these?



Candidate would win in the general election.

Personal, non-ideological qualities of the candidate.

Vote for candidate one of principle; likelihood of general election win not a factor.

Candidate is a fresh face.
People will vote for a fresh face, this qualifies one to become president?
People will vote for non-ideological qualities?
Of course the electability spew...

[White Bear Lake]

People have kind of swept this under the rug with the latest news but don't forget about this. This is an important poll. Please vote if you have not already done so.

[pacelli]

thanks

[eqcitizen]

voted

[fatjohn]

Lol, we're gonna win and then they are never putting paul back on the ballot. That's what they say in the comments...

William Amos on May 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM

Patrick has warned the Ronulans that if spamming of THIS poll is suspected-RP will be off the ‘ballot’ for good.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 1, 2011 at 8:49 PM

[White Bear Lake]

bump

[Jay Tea]

Lol, we're gonna win and then they are never putting paul back on the ballot. That's what they say in the comments...

William Amos on May 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM

Patrick has warned the Ronulans that if spamming of THIS poll is suspected-RP will be off the ‘ballot’ for good.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 1, 2011 at 8:49 PM

What qualifies as spamming?

[sailingaway]

What qualifies as spamming?

winning.

[White Bear Lake]

Well acording to the neocons there, even one vote for Paul is spamming.

[libertyjam]

done

[Beanie_N]

voted

[Working Poor]

results?

[Agorism]

Results normally come around 1 day later and only if they like the results.

[Lucille]

Results hxxp://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/03/hot-air-primary-survey-results-may-edition/

http://media.hotair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/maypreschart.jpg


Let me say up front, as I’ve said before, that these numbers are legitimate — they represent one vote per voter. So, Ron Paul’s people have come out in force, and thus have put him into the fourth spot.

[eduardo89]

Voted for Ron and Rand.

Same here. Used an Iowa area code and zip (515 and 50010) since I'm overseas

[reduen]

voted, thx...

oooopss, looks like I was late to this one......

[Agorism]

results are back btw

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/03/hot-air-primary-survey-results-may-edition/

[Inkblots]

results are back btw

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/03/hot-air-primary-survey-results-may-edition/

Dang, we missed third place by only 4 votes! Aw well, there's always next time ;)

[Shane Harris]

looks like sarah's ppl are the ones who hacked the system this time. better exclude her from the next poll. you know since if that had happened to ron they would immediately dismiss it.

[KevinR]

Time to catch up!

[nateerb]

Yeah, voted. Here we go again.

They hate us there. Now, I won't say that we haven't made some progress since 07-08... but to think we are going to capture these people, these people who call themselves "true conservatives", is misguided at best.

I predict this time around for us will only be slightly better than last time, and no, Ron Paul will not be on the ticket. It's nice to fantasize about it, it's nice to throw money into the "bombs" and try, it's neat to have meetups and do sign waves, but in the end we will be back here bitching about whomever they put into power in 2012. We are in a fantasy land... maybe it's all we've got to stay positive, but ultimately it's a fantasy.

Maybe I'll start a thread about my feelings. I don't think Ron Paul has a rats chance anymore than he did in 2008. I truly believe this country needs to go through a world of hurt... i.e. bodies of children stacked like cord-wood... before a guy like RP has even a faint chance, and he'll be long dead by the time that happens. It's sucks having these feelings, but I'm a realist.

God, I hope I am wrong. But flame away if you must.

[BuddyRey]

Voted!

[Inkblots]

Thanks for voting, everyone, but it's over now. As Agorism posted above, the results are here: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/03/hot-air-primary-survey-results-may-edition/

The Hot Air polls don't last long - you snooze, you lose!

[Mogambo Guru]

Looks like we need to strengthen our support West of the Mississippi.

[BuddyRey]

Bump!

[Dave Aiello]

We failed! C'mon 'roots!