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**Creva4k** · 01-05-2012, 03:29 AM

There is a chance he could actually get elected:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGguz...eature=related

Basically, if he becomes the candidate for the republicans, they will most likely all back him against barak obama (in america only two people can actually run for president), even though many republicans hate him, they will still back him against barak obama. On top of that he will receive support from antiwar movement and many liberals and plus ron paul has an actual solid following of people who dont care about parties and simply want to support ron paul due to his policies. So in my estimation there is a good chance if he becomes teh replublican party candidate in the presidential elections, that he could very well win and become president. THe main issue now is him getting to the presidential elections. He won today and there will be some more steps, I believe the next step will be a much larger scale election. I must admit I dont FULLY understand the american election system as its somewhat different and complicated compared to the british one so someone can correct me if they are able to offer an alternative explanation.

I dont think they will be able to rig the elections as that would be scandal of teh century if america goes round spreading democracy while rigging their own elections and would invovle many average people who are invovled in collecting votes to be in on the conspiracy. Definitely there is one issue that he will receive little corporate support and so will not have a wealthy election campaign

Just some clarification:

1. He actually lost today, coming in third to Romney and Santorum. However, it was a strong showing, especially considering the lack of media attention given to Paul.

2. The Iowa Caucus is open to all people, not just Republicans. As such, much of Paul's support was from independents, who cannot vote in the primaries to decide the actual Republican candidate.

3. I've heard that the Iowa Caucus rarely actually correctly predicts who ends up the Republican candidate. So it's hard to predict what will happen in the end.

4. Paul is not very popular with conservatives and Evangelicals. It's pretty hard to win a Republican nomination with out support from those groups.

01-05-2012, 03:29 AM	#10
Creva4k Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	There is a chance he could actually get elected: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGguz...eature=related Basically, if he becomes the candidate for the republicans, they will most likely all back him against barak obama (in america only two people can actually run for president), even though many republicans hate him, they will still back him against barak obama. On top of that he will receive support from antiwar movement and many liberals and plus ron paul has an actual solid following of people who dont care about parties and simply want to support ron paul due to his policies. So in my estimation there is a good chance if he becomes teh replublican party candidate in the presidential elections, that he could very well win and become president. THe main issue now is him getting to the presidential elections. He won today and there will be some more steps, I believe the next step will be a much larger scale election. I must admit I dont FULLY understand the american election system as its somewhat different and complicated compared to the british one so someone can correct me if they are able to offer an alternative explanation. I dont think they will be able to rig the elections as that would be scandal of teh century if america goes round spreading democracy while rigging their own elections and would invovle many average people who are invovled in collecting votes to be in on the conspiracy. Definitely there is one issue that he will receive little corporate support and so will not have a wealthy election campaign Just some clarification: 1. He actually lost today, coming in third to Romney and Santorum. However, it was a strong showing, especially considering the lack of media attention given to Paul. 2. The Iowa Caucus is open to all people, not just Republicans. As such, much of Paul's support was from independents, who cannot vote in the primaries to decide the actual Republican candidate. 3. I've heard that the Iowa Caucus rarely actually correctly predicts who ends up the Republican candidate. So it's hard to predict what will happen in the end. 4. Paul is not very popular with conservatives and Evangelicals. It's pretty hard to win a Republican nomination with out support from those groups.
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