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Question_Authority
11-12-2007, 03:13 PM
Good news. Plus 60% still undecided.

http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-making-gains-in-new-hampshire-18percent-demographic.html

RonPaulCult
11-12-2007, 03:19 PM
Daddy likes!

Adamsa
11-12-2007, 03:23 PM
It's because Ron Paul is THE low tax candidate.

constitutional
11-12-2007, 03:23 PM
Keep spreading the message. Put up signs, wear t-shirt, bumper stickers... make people go "Who's Ron Paul?"

We can spread RP's message over America like a virus.

austin356
11-12-2007, 03:25 PM
It's because Ron Paul is THE low tax candidate.

these people dont pay much income tax.


What this really shows is that he is a populist for the people candidate (not meaning it by the term of the party from 100 years ago, or necessarily socialistic).

hard@work
11-12-2007, 03:26 PM
Ron Paul reopened the Republican parties support for "the little guy" that they had recklessly abandoned over the last three decades of time. Recapturing the moral high ground has been one of his pitches and it's ....


catching on!

Ron Paul Fan
11-12-2007, 03:27 PM
But I thought Ron Paul was only good for the wealthy elite and the big corporations. At least that's what the liberals would have you believe! :D

Goldwater Conservative
11-12-2007, 03:28 PM
Working and middle class people. Paul bashers would be well-advised to not alienate mainstream America any further. Those bashers are already indirectly attacking our troops, considering they support Paul more than any other candidate.

And that's effectively tied with Giuliani at 19%, while Romney is not very far ahead at 29%. Yet what I find even more interesting is that the poll's internals show Giuliani only gets 15% among men, but 32% among women. I think there's room to sway them with Paul's anti-war message, among other things.

xerxesdarius
11-12-2007, 03:29 PM
Also, younger supporters tend to be lower income (just starting out in their careers).

Mark
11-12-2007, 03:35 PM
these people dont pay much income tax.
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Oh really?

Try it as a percentage of income when you're barely making ends meet.

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european
11-12-2007, 03:36 PM
important lesson from this poll:
people don't know about Ron Paul, and they don't know his tremendous amount of experience as a politician. This should be one of the main pillars to be "broadcasted" towards those who don't know him. The message is only 1 part of the story, the other part is trust. Name recognition, or long-term exposure, is a way to make people aware of someone and let them think/know someone has experience. But since the other candidates have a headstart in comparision to Ron Paul, name recognition alone won't do the job. It also has to be stressed that Ron Paul has been in (national) politics for ages and has seniority due to his age and tens of years of experience.

LinuxUser269
11-12-2007, 03:37 PM
Thanks for the link...

Adamsa
11-12-2007, 03:37 PM
these people dont pay much income tax.


What this really shows is that he is a populist for the people candidate (not meaning it by the term of the party from 100 years ago, or necessarily socialistic).

Who said it was because of his opposition to the income tax?

JMann
11-12-2007, 03:38 PM
these people dont pay much income tax.


What this really shows is that he is a populist for the people candidate (not meaning it by the term of the party from 100 years ago, or necessarily socialistic).

Nope but the tax they do pay is a killer. Not to mention the 12% that goes to the SS. These people pay a greater percentage than many of the very wealthy as they manage to have no income from year-to-year. See Mrs. John Kerry.

bdmarti
11-12-2007, 03:42 PM
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Oh really?

Try it as a percentage of income when you're barely making ends meet.

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better yet, try that as a percentage of disposable income.

(which is just another way of describing the problem you mention where the poor can't make ends meet)

If we could all live off of $20K per year, then all income above that would be discretionary. Then if one person is making $22K per year and pays 3K in tax, while another person is making $100K per year and pays $30K in tax, the tax burden of the poor guy is still greater as he now has trouble just meeting typical living expenses. I think economists talk about this type of thing and call it "marginal utility" or something like that. The less dollars you have, the more precious each one is, whereas the more you have the less each one means, particularly after a certain threshold where you have bought most everything you want or think you want.

austin356
11-12-2007, 03:43 PM
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Oh really?

Try it as a percentage of income when you're barely making ends meet.

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I do.