Ron Paul obtained 2.2% of the vote in Montana, which is the best result of any third party candidate in any state. He also obtained 0.5% in Louisiana, putting him ahead of any other third party candidate in that state. Ron Paul obtained 17,006 write-in votes in California.
Ron Paul was reelected as Congressman for the 14th District of Texas. He did not have an opponent.
Montana
John McCain: 50.1% (236,513 votes)
Barack Obama: 46.7% (220,301 votes)
Ron Paul: 2.2% (10,230 votes)
Ralph Nader: 0.8% (3,570 votes)
Bob Barr: 0.3% (1,300 votes)
Louisiana
John McCain: 58.6% (1,147,603 votes)
Barack Obama: 39.9% (780,981 votes)
Ron Paul: 0.5% (9,353 votes)
Cynthia McKinney: 0.5% (9,184 votes)
Ralph Nader: 0.4% (6,991 votes)
Chuck Baldwin: 0.1%
Why was Ron Paul on the presidential ballot in these states?
In Montana, the Constitution Party of Montana used to be an affiliate of the national Constitution Party until July 2006. Since then, it has been an independent party. This year, they selected Ron Paul and Michael Peroutka as their presidential candidates.
In Louisiana, a group of Ron Paul supporters founded the Louisiana Taxpayers Party and selected Ron Paul and Barry Goldwater Jr. as their presidential candidates.
In California, Ron Paul was nominated as a write-in candidate by Gail Lightfoot, a former Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate.
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A CA organizer speaking: We had a good crowd on APril 15 but far fewer on July 3rd. We chose the 3rd because the 4th is so hectic because of the inland travelers and the fireworks near our chosen location.
We must make standing up as Campaign for Liberty members such a high priority that nothing inteferes with attending our local TEA PARTY and persuading others to recognise the danger we all face as gov’t continues to grow to tyrannical proporations.
No more excuses for not taking action!
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I know that everyone that posted here is wishing their vote mattered to their government. The ugly truth is that it does not. As long as the electoral college exists, write in votes are not counted, and a two party system that forces us to choose which puppet goes into office next, we will never enjoy the freedoms promised by our Constitution. United we stand, divided we fall – Pink Floyd.
Ron Paul was the bright and shining star of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and a voice of the American people who have refused to be brain washed by the boob tube.
Time to Tea Party. . .
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It is great that Dr. Ron Paul has gotten some decent numbers in these states.
However…
As much as I would love to see him as our next president, it is also important and very crucial to remember that Dr. Paul more so than an official, is a revolutionary and a light in the darkness of our politics.
He is gaining incredible popularity via the use of different mediums, and especially because of his sincere, just and insightful beliefs and opinions.
He is like that American Idol guy who didn’t win the prize, but became more famous than the winner anyway by breaking huge records and having his music in every radio and bar.
I see Dr. Ron Paul the same way.
He is the underdog who is winning the hearts, minds and attention of more and more people every single day and minute… not only in the US but also abroad.
It truly is a revolution!
Please keep going. We are supporting you!
Together we can change our country and the world.
Nick
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Correction, albeit late, still matters here, Ron Paul is not really a revolutionary in practice. I think he is more of a reactionary, that wants to take America back to the way it was before many many wrongs.
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Ron Paul is not a “Radical”, nut, demonstrator or such. We run the Tea Party “club” and our weapon is the ballot box. As of today we have 37,000,000 members on our external hard drives sorted and purged for duplicates. We cannot write Ron Paul directly and he is not a fancy slick three card monte scam artist from the streets of New York City nor needs a telepromter. What he needs is money, lots of it in millions; in very small denominations by USPS money order. We need the Gold Standard Money and the bums out of congress and the senate and that will take 2-6 years. We can help. Log on to http://www.mises.org
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