Ron Paul Places Second in Utah Straw Poll
Paul finally begins to translate online popularity to mainstream America
by Charles Coughlin
For the past month, there has been a gigantic difference between how Ron Paul did on online polls and how he has done on “official” polls by the likes of Zogby and Rasmussen. A few people charged that Ron Paul followers were somehow hacking online polls, but these charges have been dismissed by computer experts. A more likely explanation was that patriots, libertarians and true Conservatives spend a lot more time on the Internet (since their views are seldom presented and often ridiculed in the mainstream media). These folks are more likely to vote in Internet polls and they found Ron Paul to be the best candidate by far in the Republican Primary.
Ron Paul has been consistently placing first in online polls ever since the first debate, often far ahead of his nearest competitor. An MSNBC poll after the first debate had over 91,000 votes and Ron Paul won that poll by a double digit lead over Mitt Romney. An MSNBC poll after the third debate had Ron Paul getting 63 percent with over 17,000 votes. Paul ran away with the ABC online poll (which didn’t even include him at first since he was seen -by them- as a long shot). Several independent online polls have also seen Paul winning against his Republican opponents, and even against Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (more…)