Ron Paul 2012 Poll Results
POLL #1: Ron Paul for President 2012?
We asked the question that’s on everyone’s mind: “Should Ron Paul should run for President in 2012?”
Our readers submitted 9,312 votes and 376 comments while the poll was open from Oct. 27 to Nov. 16.
Should Ron Paul run for President in 2012?
- Yes. (94%, 8,727 Votes)
- It depends. (3%, 267 Votes)
- No. (3%, 259 Votes)
- I don’t know. (0%, 59 Votes)
Total Voters: 9,312
These results are virtually unchanged from our February poll and June poll: 94% (up from 93%) of our readers want Ron Paul to run for President in 2012. 3% (no change) don’t want him to run. And 3% (down from 4%) are undecided or said “it depends”.
In light of these highly encouraging results it is important to emphasize that Ron Paul recently said that he hasn’t made a decision yet – it would be much too early to do so.
POLL #2: Chuck Baldwin, Andrew Napolitano and Peter Schiff Top VP Choices
From Nov. 5 to Nov. 16, we ran another poll asking our readers to select up to 5 candidates to join the Ron Paul ticket as running mate in 2012.
Chuck Baldwin raced to the top in a late finish, with 29% of our voters expressing their desire for him to be Ron Paul’s VP in 2012 (up from 9% in our June poll). Judge Andrew Napolitano, who wasn’t included in the last poll, had been an early favorite and finished a strong second with 27% of voters giving him the nod.
Peter Schiff, the undisputed winner of our June poll, came in third with 21% of the vote (down from 29%). Jesse Ventura was fourth with 15% (down from 21%). Rand Paul was chosen by 12% of our voters (same as last time), virtually tying with Lew Rockwell (12%), who hadn’t been included in our previous poll, and Sarah Palin, who also got 12% (up from 11%) with a slightly lower vote count.
Michele Bachmann made a strong debut at 8%, while Pat Buchanan remained stable at 7% (same as last time), slightly surpassing newcomer Glenn Beck (also 7%). Gary Johnson increased his percentage from 4% to 5%.
Other candidates experienced a significant drop, including Dennis Kucinich (18% to 9%), Mike Huckabee (12% to 6%), Mitt Romney (11% to 4%), Jim DeMint (7% to 4%), and Wayne Allyn Root (6% to 2%).
The poll attracted 9,425 voters and 256 comments. Each voter could select up to 5 candidates. The detailed results are as follows:
If Ron Paul runs for President in 2012, who should be his running mate?
- Chuck Baldwin (29%, 2,715 Votes)
- Andrew Napolitano (27%, 2,589 Votes)
- Peter Schiff (21%, 1,984 Votes)
- Jesse Ventura (15%, 1,369 Votes)
- Rand Paul (12%, 1,135 Votes)
- Lew Rockwell (12%, 1,133 Votes)
- Sarah Palin (12%, 1,089 Votes)
- Dennis Kucinich (9%, 819 Votes)
- Michele Bachmann (8%, 785 Votes)
- Pat Buchanan (7%, 690 Votes)
- Glenn Beck (7%, 636 Votes)
- Mike Huckabee (6%, 605 Votes)
- Gary Johnson (5%, 471 Votes)
- Jim DeMint (4%, 423 Votes)
- Lou Dobbs (4%, 414 Votes)
- Alex Jones (4%, 411 Votes)
- Other (specify below) (4%, 410 Votes)
- Mitt Romney (4%, 366 Votes)
- Michael Badnarik (4%, 365 Votes)
- Adam Kokesh (3%, 301 Votes)
- Alan Grayson (3%, 265 Votes)
- Wayne Allyn Root (2%, 198 Votes)
- Michael Bloomberg (2%, 178 Votes)
- Cynthia McKinney (2%, 167 Votes)
- Mark Sanford (1%, 132 Votes)
- Chuck Hagel (1%, 127 Votes)
- John McCain (1%, 104 Votes)
- Mel Watt (0%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 9,425
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I’m all for Ron Paul, but I may reconsider if Ventura is his running mate. I’m from Minnesota and Ventura was given a great opportunity that he squandered. The people were behind him, he could have really changed things.
If anyone is a true supporter of Ron Paul, please refrain from likening him to God as he is Christian. As for another campaign for the presidency, I support it indefinitly. People may catch on that President Obama does not offer the “change” which they were led to think would restore our nation but just more of the same old policies that Bush gave us. And perhaps at that time, people will wake up and start scruitinizing the canidates and make a well educated decision afterwards.
I just got off the phone with Congressman Mel Watts office. I questioned his receptionist why the Congressman was trying to undermine HR 1207 and she went on to tell me “…Congressman Watts wants the Fed to be like the Bank of England.” ACTUAL QUOTE. I told her I guess the Congressman doesn’t like the powers the Constitution afford congress. Unbelievable!
Ron-If you do decide to run…..Watch your back, there are plenty of people out there who DON’T want to see a patriot revolution in OR out of office. They (the immaculate they) will do nearly anything to prevent their “New world order” progress from being interrupted! Having said that,perhaps some oratory practice is in order. after all you will up against “the great orator himself”, however phony he may be!! Gotta project!
Good luck and godspeed!
(First, I’m a big Ron Paul supporter. But I don’t think he’s a god.)
Ah, saying “Ron Paul is God” just makes us look like a bunch of nutcases. Lots of people practically think Obama is God too. And yes, that makes Obama supporters look like nutcases too.
And, while the poll is interesting, the result isn’t exactly surprising, seeing it’s taken on a website that supports him. I’d be more interested to see the poll on someplace a little less, um, biased
But, for the record, I wrote him in for president, so yes, I’d vote for him if he ran, sticks with his current platforms, and someone even better doesn’t come along (not likely). And if they don’t pick a bozo for a running mate.
I once read on wikipedia that Ron Paul was God!!!
VOTE 4 Ron Paul!!
ps. I like how he put LOVE in to REVOLUTION. It’s kinda symbollic of how godlike he is.
Totally agree Jared!!! He is like a god!!! He will do amazing things for our country!!! YEAH!!! SO AWESOME!!! GO FOR IT RON!!!
Vote for Ron Paul!!! He discretely put love in the revolution on his sign thingy!!! I love you!!! Run for pres in 12!!! YEAH!!!
ya dude he should totally run for pres! he would win for sure!
If you want to know the truth,study carefully their eyes and body language.Obama eyes exudes a certain shiftiness that often refuse to make meaningful contact with the camera.Note the haughty,aloof arrogance that looks down upon us with neck craned in side way glances.This demonstrates a lack of sincerity
Look Ron Paul in the eye,and what you see is what you get.He is honest and there is no pretense.Who said the eyes were the mirror to the soul?
Ron,go for it.You have the qualities,experience,wisdom,knowlege,courage and big heart.The only thing you lack is the Hollywood pretencious imagery.I think that Americans are rapidly realising the true values of past generations.