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01-05-2008, 06:18 PM
I am speaking from my experience. So far the people i had converted to Ron Paul are from the Hillary camp. The Obama's people generally do not find Ron Paul's position appealing. Here is the contrast between them..
1) Hillary's people generally do not know much about Ron Paul/politics
They generally like Hillary based on a first impression. They do not bother to find out much about her policies, not to mention digging out her dirt. When you start to rationalize with them about their choice of candidate, they usually will just gives a blanket answer like "Oh she is experience and she was the first lady and i like Bill Clinton blah blah". Obama's people, however are knows a better deal about his policies.
2) Hillary's people generally are easier to switch
Yes. They change from being a fan to disliking her in few minutes. Show them a couple of youtube videos and they are brainwashed. Obama's people is an axact opposite. To them, Obama is an inspiration. They hardly waver on their conviction that he is their candidate.
Of course there are exceptions to this rule. A friend of mine (serious in politics) was from Obama and became Ron Paul after he examine his policies. But eventually switch back to Obama after rationalizing to me that Obama is a more 'effective' politician... To him, it boils down to idealisms will not be a reality if you are not a effective politician who can compromise when required.
This is my take. Look at the cnn entrance poll. Ron Paul did extrmenly bad with the woman pool of voters. He is already a winner with the independence voters. More female votes is what we need to do. :cool:
1) Hillary's people generally do not know much about Ron Paul/politics
They generally like Hillary based on a first impression. They do not bother to find out much about her policies, not to mention digging out her dirt. When you start to rationalize with them about their choice of candidate, they usually will just gives a blanket answer like "Oh she is experience and she was the first lady and i like Bill Clinton blah blah". Obama's people, however are knows a better deal about his policies.
2) Hillary's people generally are easier to switch
Yes. They change from being a fan to disliking her in few minutes. Show them a couple of youtube videos and they are brainwashed. Obama's people is an axact opposite. To them, Obama is an inspiration. They hardly waver on their conviction that he is their candidate.
Of course there are exceptions to this rule. A friend of mine (serious in politics) was from Obama and became Ron Paul after he examine his policies. But eventually switch back to Obama after rationalizing to me that Obama is a more 'effective' politician... To him, it boils down to idealisms will not be a reality if you are not a effective politician who can compromise when required.
This is my take. Look at the cnn entrance poll. Ron Paul did extrmenly bad with the woman pool of voters. He is already a winner with the independence voters. More female votes is what we need to do. :cool: