Our readers submitted 21,796 votes and 490 comments while the poll was open from Feb. 18 – March 1. The results are displayed below.

The percentage results are virtually unchanged from our three 2009 polls (February 2009, June 2009, November 2009):

• 92% (down from 94%) of our readers want Ron Paul to run for President in 2012.
• 4% (up from 3%) want him to stay out of the race.
• And 4% (up from 3%) are undecided or said “it depends”.

Participation surged dramatically. In February 2009, our first Ron Paul 2012 poll attracted 6,337 votes. 6,617 voters participated in our June 2009 poll, and the November 2009 poll drew 9,312 votes. With 21,796 votes, the most recent poll received almost as many votes as the first three polls combined.

In light of these exciting numbers it is important to emphasize that Ron Paul recently said that he hasn’t come to a decision yet. We hope he considers the results of this poll when he makes his choice for 2012!

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• 16,677 voters, or 92%, said that Ron Paul should run for President in 2012.
• 782 voters, or 4%, said that he should stay out of the race.
• 285 voters (2%) weren’t sure, and
• 408 (2%) said that “it depends”.

The poll, which attracted 436 comments, remains open until the end of February.

Ron Paul recently said that he has “no plans” to run for President in 2012. We hope to get him 20,000+ “yes” votes to change his mind!

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Show: Freedom Watch
Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano
Channel: FoxNews.com
Date: 02/23/2010

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Date: 02/23/2010

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The Congressman offered an affordable alternative to the government’s wasteful bailouts and stimulus plans: simply suspend the income tax for 3 or 4 years and let the people decide how the money is spent.

He explained that monetary policy and foreign policy can’t be separated because the Federal Reserve is the chief enabler of foreign adventures and aggressive wars.

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Date: 02/22/2010

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Channel: Fox News
Date: 02/21/2010

Transcript

News Anchor: … cast yesterday at the annual conservative conference, ranking the group’s to choices for the 2012 presidential candidates. Yes, we’re talking 2012 here. Ron Paul won with 31%, beating out front runners like former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney who received 22%, and former GOP vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. Ending fourth was Minnesota Governor, Tim Pawlenty.

Joining us now on the phone is Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Congressman Paul, thank you very much for joining me once again.

Ron Paul: Thank you, nice to be with you.

News Anchor: I remember the last time we spoke, you were running for president. And here you are winning a straw poll.

Ron Paul: Yeah.

News Anchor: Since early signs pointed to Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin as the front runners in this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, did it come as any surprise to you that you won?

Ron Paul: I think so, because they are so much better known and they’re really interested in … Romney was spending a lot of money. I mean, I knew we had a lot of support, and I think it’s all spontaneously and grassroots because it’s coming from the college kids. I’m very much aware of this, and I spend a lot of time on college campuses. So it’s sort of a quiet campaign that we do; campaigning for liberty, that is. You know, we’re out there trying to get people to understand a slightly different version of conservatism and it’s across the board. So the college kids have responded very, very favorably. And that conference generally brings a lot of the young people there. And I think this year they have a bigger attendance than ever before. But I think a lot of the college kids came out and supported me. So I was very pleased and somewhat surprised.

News Anchor: You have a birthday coming up, right?

Ron Paul: A birthday?

News Anchor: Yeah.

Ron Paul: In August.

News Anchor: Okay, and how old are you going to be?

Ron Paul: I will be 75.

News Anchor: 75 years old, and you have such a young demographic that follows you. And that is very rare, you have to admit. You know, we have a president in office now who was very young, and that’s what helped get him into offices. He really did attract a lot of the American college students. He had a huge following among 25 year olds. What is it about you that attracts young people?

Ron Paul: Well, you know, when I talk to the crowded I point and I complement all of the young people being interested in personal liberty. But there are always some older people there, like myself. And I’ll say, “Yes, we must be young at heart”. And I think there is something to that, because the principle of liberty is a very young idea. We haven’t had freedom for the individual much more than a couple of hundred years. We’ve had this grand experiment and tremendous success. So if you look at the course of history, thousands of years it’s generally been big government, dictators, kings and tyrants. And we’ve only had this little introduction. But young people respond to this in a very favorable manner. They like to be left alone personally, when I talk about that a lot. And I think they like the information I give them on a conservative foreign policy where we at one time didn’t want to be the policeman of the world. We just defended our country, but we weren’t engaged in so many countries. They like that. And they like the idea of economic conservatism. But the young people are very much aware that they’re receiving the burden of this. And these deficits are frightening. So I think it’s a very young and new idea, and they have responded very favorably. I’m very pleased.

News Anchor: Let’s cut to the chase here – looking ahead to the 2012 presidential race. I have some people on Twitter, because they’re all watching you. A lot of young people on Twitter, as you know. Justin Lafferday writes and wants to know if you’re considering running for president again, and if so, what do you feel Americas needs changed to get back on track?

Ron Paul: Well, I’m not seriously thinking about 2012; that’s way off as far as I’m concerned. But I’m very confident that we do need some changes and we didn’t get the changes, of course, with this administration. I think the debt is going to do us all in. And that’s the reason for all this arguing, you know, whether it’s medical care or whatever, in Washington, is that nobody wants to admit that this country is bankrupt. Everybody wants something, but nobody is willing to cut. And I’ve taken the position you cut everything until you get your budget back in order. If we’re individuals and we go bankrupt, we have to spend less and work harder and pay down our debt. But a country, they will not admit it; both conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, do not want to believe that this country is bankrupt. And we’re putting all our pressure on the dollar. We think we can print money forever and get away with it. And a lot of people know that we can’t.

News Anchor: I only have about a minute left and I want to get to a couple more questions, so we can get through these quickly. DJT9000 writes, “How will you cut the size of government, and which programs should be scrapped, if you were to be president today?”

Ron Paul: We have to change the understanding of the role of government. We shouldn’t be in the welfare business, and we shouldn’t in the warfare business. So everything is up for grabs. Government should be very limited. And I would look to the Constitution. Follow the Constitution, and you’ll have all your answers.

News Anchor: TheRexReport on twitter asks for you to talk specifics of how you would deal with terrorism and viability of third parties?

Ron Paul: Well, terrorism is a vicious, vicious crime, and it has to be dealt with. And anytime somebody gets murdered, we always ask what the motivations are. If we don’t ever come around to understanding the motivations behind terrorism, we can’t solve the problem. And that has to do with our foreign policy. Occupation of foreign countries does contribute significantly to the anger to motivate somebody to commit suicide and do a terrorist act against us.

News Anchor: And finally HuskersBob writes to me and he wants to know, “What would you expect to come out of the healthcare summit with the president on the 25th?”

Ron Paul: Not a whole lot. But I predicted from the very beginning that there will be more government involvement in healthcare from the very beginning. He would never get his full package, and we are incrementalist and we are incrementally increasing the size of government, and the government involved in medical care. And I can predict with certainty that medical care in this country is not going to improve as long as we keep doing that.

News Anchor: all right. Congressman Ron Paul, thank you very much and congrats to you on your win.

Ron Paul: Thank you very much.

News Anchor: Alright, we’ll talk to you later.

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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.

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:

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Channel: RT
Date: 11/05/2009

Transcript:

Bill Dod: If Obama doesn’t deliver change, the U.S. still has other potential candidates eager to lead the country. And one of them is Republican Ron Paul, who is poised to run for the presidency in 2012. Let’s now cross to Priya Sridhar, she’s in our Washington studio. Interestingly enough, Pria, Ron Paul hasn’t actually yet announced he is running for this, so why have supporters already started his campaign at such an early stage?

Priya Sridhar: That’s right Bill, nothing is official just yet. But if you go to Ron Paul’s website there is a question there that says, “Do you think Ron Paul should run for President in 2012?” and you can even buy “Ron Paul for President” merchandise. So people are getting pretty psyched for the 2012 election, even though it’s kind of far away.

And joining me to help talk about Ron Paul’s popularity is Shelly Roche from the Ladies for Liberty Alliance. Shelly, thanks so much for joining me.

Shelly Roche: Thanks for having me.

Priya Sridhar: So, first of all, why do you think Ron Paul is becoming so popular right now?

Shelly Roche: Well, I think it’s a number of factors. But really when you look at the direction we are going as a country and all of these big frightening things that are happening like the bailouts and the economy and health care, you know, he’s kind of the one voice of reason that’s standing up and saying, “We don’t need all of this. We do have other options”. And he is always making sense, and I think that really resonates with people.

Priya Sridhar: And what do you think? You think he is going to run for office in 2012? I have a feeling you’re hoping he will, but do you think he actually will?

Shelly Roche: I definitely hope he will and I think he recognizes that it would be a smart move to at least position himself to do that, because that’s really what launched him back in 2008 into the media and got him a lot of momentum. And so I think this is another big opportunity for him to kind of capitalize on that and just go for it and set himself up to do it, and we’ll see what happens.

Priya Sridhar: So he is becoming more popular. But realistically do you think he has a chance and what are some of the challenges he might face?

Shelly Roche: Well, I think he has a better chance than he had last year. One of the biggest challenges he is going to face is resistance from within the Republican Party, because he’s kind of at cross purposes with them in some of their platform items. And in trying to reform the Republican Party he’s going to meet with a lot of resistance. So I think his message resonates with Republicans and Democrats and it’s really he’s going to have to overcome that kind of obstacle.

Priya Sridhar: And what idea, specifically, do you think resonates the most with the American people that Ron Paul sort of stands for and advocates?

Shelly Roche: Well, I think it is the economic freedom, the fiscal responsibility and just ending corruption and the entrenched “politics as usual” kind of system. He doesn’t play that game and he kind of brings a new perspective to politics and what it can be. So I think that really gets people excited.

Priya Sridhar: And do you think his popularity right now is a direct correlation of President Obama’s kind of sliding approval ratings, or do you think that people are just looking for something that’s a little different?

Shelly Roche: I think it’s a combination. I think the degree to which we’ve started expanding government and really the debt and the economy has really contributed to people starting to think about that maybe this isn’t the right direction. And so that certainly helps. But also it’s just kind of… he has a totally different perspective, he has a consistent voting record. He’s been in politics forever, so he kind of offers that assurance that he is not going to succumb to special interests and that sort of thing. He’s representing the people and always doing what he thinks is best for the country whether you agree with it all the time or not. At least you have that.

Priya Sridhar: And how do you think the country would be different right now if Ron Paul was President and not Barack Obama?

Shelly Roche: Wow, I think there are so many ways. We wouldn’t be talking about health care the way we are. We’d be talking about different kinds of reforms. So maybe smaller steps that are more practical and limiting the size of government, getting rid of wasteful programs, real reform, not just the kind of reform that expands government and costs trillions of dollars.

Priya Sridhar: And the last think I want to ask you really quickly is, you know, a year ago today Barack Obama found out that he was elected as the President of the United States. How do you think things have changed from a year ago till today?

Shelly Roche: Well, you can look at the approval ratings and that sort of thing, but something I saw online last night and today, they were asking people to submit one word to describe how they felt about the first year of the presidency. And the Republicans, you can guess what they can say: “outraged, betrayed, scared”. But on the Democrats’ side they were saying things like “hopeful” and the things you would expect. But they were also saying “disappointed, anxious” and I think that really is a barometer of the way people are kind of starting to feel a little bit nervous that he has not really delivered on his promises so far and some of that support is waning I think.

Priya Sridhar: Well, I think there are a lot of people out there like Shelly who will anxiously be waiting to see what happens with Ron Paul next. But for now, Bill, it’s back to you.

Bill Dod: Thanks very much indeed. That was our correspondent Prea Shria talking to you with Shelly Rose from the libertarian organization, the Ladies of Liberty Alliance, live in our Washington studio. Thanks very much indeed, Prea.

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