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Cory M Lorincz
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I read this on the internet:
If Clicks Equaled Votes in November – Republican Candidates
Written by Matt Pace (e-mail) -- December 11th, 2007 | Listen | EMail This Post
As the states prepare to begin awarding their delegates next month, analyzing the size, geographic and demographic makeup of each candidate’s online following (in this case visitors to the candidates’ websites) offers insight, beyond the never ending stream of opinion polls, as to who is likely to win these primaries and caucuses and secure their party’s nomination.
Yesterday we looked at state of the Democratic race, and today we turn our attention to the wide open GOP contest, where six of the eight candidates are considered frontrunners.
The table below compares the site traffic to each candidate’s website in November, as well as the demographic composition of visitors over the past three months. Traffic across the entire Republican field rose by an average of 34% in November, versus 11% among the Democratic candidate sites, a signal that Republicans are finally starting to pay attention to the race.
Attracting nearly half a million visitors to his website in November, Ron Paul continues to distance himself from the GOP pack and is benefiting from his supporters’ effective online activism and use of social networks. Six in ten visitors to RonPaul2008.com are male, the most of any candidate, and 39% of his visitors have household incomes greater than $100K, which is sure to catch the envious eye of rivals and helps explain his recent recording setting fundraising efforts.
Fred Thompson may be the experienced actor, but Mike Huckabee’s recent “Huck-a-boom” in support is evidence that he’s filling in quite nicely for Thompson in the role of the “Great Conservative Hope.” Huckabee’s site traffic rose 89% in November largely at Thompson’s expense. Among the top-tier candidates, Mitt Romney attracts the largest percentage of female visitors.
With as much support as this guy seems to be getting he may be an actual contender. What do you think? |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:30 am |
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twotap
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I think hes a breathe of fresh air compared to Guliani and some of the other RINOs. At least the repubs have some choices the dems are stuck with a socialist and an Illinois liberal.  |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:54 am |
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i think the attraction for both paul and obama point to americas call
for change of the unsuccessful norm.     |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:22 pm |
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Demeralda
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LT you must be on to something, because those are the only two candidates that appeal to me.
And no, Ron Paul cannot win. CANNOT. Have you seen them boo him at the Republican debates? |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:42 pm |
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yeah, the booers are the o'reilly, hannity, tucker, 2tap group of repubs
who wish more of the same.. the ones who confuse real patriotism
with common sense!!!
(now i'll duck because 2tap and FC are lurking)    |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:37 pm |
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If you mean no more 911 type attacks on US soil you are correct.  Ill bet those terrorists are just shivering with fear at the thought of Hillary or Hussein running our national security. Lets see dont listen in on any phone calls to suspected terrorists, dont make captured ones who have info that might save soldiers lives feel any discomfort while trying to get them to divulge, cut spending to our troops to the bare minimum, let all those that would kill us all know that America is an evil place and we are sorry if our policys had upset them. I keep hearing how hungry the country is for change well they damn well might get to see some a real change. By the way I wonder if Hillary will allow miltary uniforms in the whitehouse this time? 
OOPS WAIT A MINUTE HILLARY> NOT SO FAST READ BELOW
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:53 pm |
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National Presidential Caucus Announces Results From First-Ever National Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-- Barack Obama Wins Democrat Caucuses; Ron Paul Dominates Both GOP And "Open" Caucuses --
Washington, DC (December 12, 2007) -- On December 7, 2007 in cities and small towns across the country, Democrat, Republican and "Open" Caucus groups formed independently online and Caucused face-to-face on National Caucus Day. The first-ever National Presidential Caucus is now history and the results are in.
Barack Obama wins over Democrat voters generating 40% of Democrat Caucus voter preferences. Obama was followed by a three-way tie for second, with John Edwards, Bill Richardson and "Undecided" each generating 20% of Democratic Caucus preferences.
On the Republican side, Ron Paul obliterated the field for the GOP generating the preference of 50% of GOP Caucuses. Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson follow, generating 33.3% and 16.6% of Republican Caucus preferences, respectively.
Among votes in Open Caucuses, Ron Paul wins with 62.5% of Open Caucus votes, followed by Barack Obama (18.75%), Fred Thompson (12.5%), and Hilary Clinton (6.25%).
Results were tallied from 19 independently formed Caucus groups (Republican, Democrat, and Open) that met on Friday, December 7th, 2007 in Dallas, TX (2D); Sarcoxie, MO (O); Boise, ID (R); Needham, MA (D); Carthage, MO (O); Manhattan, KS (D & R); Pineville, MO (O); Richmond, MO (O); Costa Mesa, CA (O); Springfield MO (R); Winston-Salem, NC (O); Overland Park, KS (R); New York City, NY (O); and Joplin, MO (R), Warrensburg, MO (R), Roselle Park, NK (D), and Philadelphia, PA (O).
Some caucuses used multiple voting rounds with minimum vote thresholds to give citizens a chance to change their minds and switch candidate preferences, but all meetings were built on a first round of issue discussion and deliberation. Multiple rounds of voting were not prohibited and each group was encouraged to create the most engaging caucus format possible. However, threshold voting eliminates all but the top vote-getters. While that may have been the intention for some groups, the NPC feels obligated to recognize the efforts and opinions of all caucus goers.
Issue results reflected opposition to Iraq involvement, foreign intervention in general, and health care, immigration and erosion of civil liberties rounding out the top concerns of all caucusers.
Self-organized and independent, most gatherings were small, informal discussion sessions, while others attracted hundreds of participants including party officials and campaign operatives in a raucous bid for supporters. The NPC feels that the results at each caucus is of greatest importance and relevance to those in that caucus room and to that local community where those ideas were exchanged, relationships were created, passions were shared. We believe this is social capital formation at its finest.
The NPC was previewed by major media from CBS News, The Washington Post and The New York Times, among others. The actual Caucuses are receiving a fair amount of local attention from the mainstream media, including front page newspaper coverage in Greensboro, NC and TV coverage by WNBC news in NYC, the largest NBC affiliate in the nation.
But even better, people reported on their own caucus events. Using numerical reports, commentary, pictures & video, and through a growing number of blogs, each caucus tells its own story. Some reports from those who participated, include Kansas City: "Wow, what a great evening it was in Kansas City!"; New Jersey: "It was a fun night with close to 200 people participating in this exercise."; Chicago: "It was a very informative experience."; Boise, Idaho: "It was an extremely fun event..." Video footage is being compiled on the official National Presidential Caucus channel on YouTube. Visit http://www.youtube.com/NationalCaucus to view.
"The NPC wants to applaud everyone who took the time and made an effort to engage their neighbors in this evening of passionate civic discourse, said Don Means, NPC's primary organizer. "You have just ushered in a new era of participatory democracy in America. Your country should be proud of you!"
National Presidential Caucus is the product of a consortium of partisan, bi-partisan and non-partisan interests who seek to demonstrate how local, self-organized, web-enabled face-to-face gatherings is the new basis for participatory democracy. To view National Caucus endorsers visit: http://www.nationalcaucus.com/endorsements . For more information about the National Presidential Caucus vision visit: http://www.nationalcaucus.com/about
CONTACT:
Myles Weissleder
National Presidential Caucus
myles@nationalcaucus.com
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"If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!!
Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:12 pm |
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well yea..several on this board stated both paul and obama were the
best candidates but, you know, with "them" in control of the voting
machines i'm sure things will change heh heh heh!!   |
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:45 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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Ron Paul is equal to Ross Perot, he has no chance.
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:29 pm |
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FlintConservative
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quote:
Ryan Eashoo schreef:
Ron Paul is equal to Ross Perot, he has no chance.
Oh noooo....I agree with Ryan!
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:59 pm |
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Cory M Lorincz
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| I would say he has a good shot at surprising everyone, he is getting alot of attention, just not in the mainstream media. I believe most of his support is grass roots and the internet. |
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:18 pm |
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