Ron Paul did more than place 2nd in REPUBLICAN primary

[bbwarfield]

http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/01/12/ron-paul-placed-second-in-new-hampshire-democratic-presidential-primary/ that's right.... 2nd in the democratic primary as well... as a write in!

[Endthefednow]

WOW!!!!!!:eek:

[Goldwater1971]

Good catch.
Still waiting for a media mention. Not holding my breath.

[sailingaway]

Yeah, I posted this earlier with another story. Apparently there was actually an organized write in for Hillary Clinton as well, which he beat without effort. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?350111-In-N.H.-Dem-Primary-quot-Write-In-Hillary-quot-Loses-to-Paul&highlight=hillary

[Mickeys]

Well...considering there is only one democrat running, I really don't see this as a big deal, or worth a mention.

[jersdream]

Too bad those nearly 2000 + did not vote in the Republican primary.....we could have used them!

[jersdream]

But this is very important to get REGISTERED democrats nationwide interested in Dr. Paul to be able to vote in the GOP primary, whether it is open, semi-open or closed. Meaning either registering as independent or republican where required and participate in the republican primary (or caucus).

This is very important in South Carolina as it is an open primary. So, hopefully we can get any registered democrats interested in Dr. Paul to join him and vote in the republican primary.

[presence]

If these voters were ALLOWED to vote in the Republican primary it would have added 2273 to the total number of votes, and to Rons total:

So Ron's total support base in NH is actually more like 2,273 + 56,848 = 59121

Romney got 97,532 and that number stays the same...

If we boost the total R base by 2273 + 249655 = 251928

So romney's actual "support" in NH is more like 97532/251928 = 38.7%

and ron's "support" is actually 59121/251928 = 23.4%


38.7% to 23.4%

vs the reported republican results:

39.3% 22.9%

romney lost 0.6% and paul picked up 0.5%


Of course, statistical innaccuracies exist in any attempted combination of these numbers... however as a matter of SCALE... these results suggest a half percent extra support for Ron and a half percent less support for Romney.

Though this does not add a sweeping number to the breath of support for ron, SYMBOLICALLY however, it does at to the depth.

presence

[presence]

Good catch.
Still waiting for a media mention. Not holding my breath.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-mcdonald/second-place-in-nh-democr_b_1213219.html

"New Hampshire allows registered independents to choose which party's primary they want to vote in. The catch is that when they select a party primary to vote in, they change their registration to that party. If they want to be an independent with the option of exercising a similar choice in future primary elections, they must change their party registration back to independent. Some people forget to change their registration back to independent, and when they show up to vote find that they must vote in the primary of the party they are registered with. "

In short, Liberty Ron lost a half percent on a technicallity and Smarmy Romney pickep up a half percent on the same.

[CaptUSA]

Wait a minute... Am I wrong or does it appear that Ron Paul got more votes in the Democratic Primary than Rick Perry did in the GOP primary?! And Perry was on the ballot!!

[purepaloma]

RP in an open Pres race vs obama FOR SURE pull in a good chunch of Dems.