A Vote for Ron Paul is Never Wasted
Many people admire Ron Paul and like his limited government, pro-freedom message, but wonder about his chances of winning the Republican nomination. Even though there is no clear front runner and support for the other candidates is very soft, some people watch the polls and worry about "wasting their vote" in the primaries.
A vote for Ron Paul is never wasted.
If you're worried about Ron Paul's position in the national polls, don't be. He is polling better in the early primary states where voters have learned more about him, but even there, the polls are missing a lot of his support. Voters who have only cell phones are not being polled. Voters who use caller ID to screen out telemarketers are not being polled. Many polls exclude those who didn't vote in the primaries last time. Some polls still exclude Ron Paul all together.
Even if the polls were accurate, most of those responding have not really made up their minds about which candidate to support. They simply name a candidate at the pollster's urging, probably someone they've seen on TV a lot. We won't know which candidate will really receive the most votes until the votes are cast and counted, so don't give up on your favorite candidate ahead of time. The polls have been wrong in the past, and they will be wrong again.
Even if Ron Paul really were a long shot, you still don't have to worry about wasting your vote in the primaries. Voting for Ron Paul now won't put a big-spending Democrat in office. If Ron Paul somehow doesn't win the Republican nomination, one of the other six or seven interchangeable Republican candidates will, and will go on to face the Democrat in November. Giuliani, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, and Thompson may sound slightly different in their speeches, but they're all running on pretty much the same platform.
All of the other Republican candidates besides Ron Paul will continue the war in Iraq, continue to do nothing about civil liberties, and continue to increase federal spending by about the same amount every year. They will continue to do little about stopping illegal immigration, or about changing national policies on abortion or other social issues, regardless of their rhetoric. There are minor differences between the other candidates, of course, but they all represent the status quo, and will do little to effect substantive change, unlike Ron Paul.
If you vote for Ron Paul and he doesn't win, your vote still matters. Every vote for Ron Paul will send a clear message to the Republican Party, to the mainstream media, and to the rest of the nation that many Americans want a return to the principles of smaller government and respect for the Constitution, a more peaceful and sensible foreign policy, and an end to reckless deficits and central bank inflation.
The more votes Ron Paul gets, win or lose, the sooner the country will start moving in the right direction, and the more likely other politicians will be to pick up on the freedom message and start embracing it as a way to gain a passionate and loyal following. Other candidates may not share Ron Paul's core principles and integrity, but they will back policies and ideas that are proven vote-getters.
Can Ron Paul win? Only if everyone who supports him and believes in his ideals registers to vote, and shows up on election day. A vote for Ron Paul is never wasted, because even if he doesn't win, every vote for Ron Paul is a vote for freedom, and a sign that his message is increasingly popular. When you vote for Ron Paul, everyone wins, no matter how the primaries turn out.
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A vote for Ron Paul is never wasted.
If you're worried about Ron Paul's position in the national polls, don't be. He is polling better in the early primary states where voters have learned more about him, but even there, the polls are missing a lot of his support. Voters who have only cell phones are not being polled. Voters who use caller ID to screen out telemarketers are not being polled. Many polls exclude those who didn't vote in the primaries last time. Some polls still exclude Ron Paul all together.
Even if the polls were accurate, most of those responding have not really made up their minds about which candidate to support. They simply name a candidate at the pollster's urging, probably someone they've seen on TV a lot. We won't know which candidate will really receive the most votes until the votes are cast and counted, so don't give up on your favorite candidate ahead of time. The polls have been wrong in the past, and they will be wrong again.
Even if Ron Paul really were a long shot, you still don't have to worry about wasting your vote in the primaries. Voting for Ron Paul now won't put a big-spending Democrat in office. If Ron Paul somehow doesn't win the Republican nomination, one of the other six or seven interchangeable Republican candidates will, and will go on to face the Democrat in November. Giuliani, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, and Thompson may sound slightly different in their speeches, but they're all running on pretty much the same platform.
All of the other Republican candidates besides Ron Paul will continue the war in Iraq, continue to do nothing about civil liberties, and continue to increase federal spending by about the same amount every year. They will continue to do little about stopping illegal immigration, or about changing national policies on abortion or other social issues, regardless of their rhetoric. There are minor differences between the other candidates, of course, but they all represent the status quo, and will do little to effect substantive change, unlike Ron Paul.
If you vote for Ron Paul and he doesn't win, your vote still matters. Every vote for Ron Paul will send a clear message to the Republican Party, to the mainstream media, and to the rest of the nation that many Americans want a return to the principles of smaller government and respect for the Constitution, a more peaceful and sensible foreign policy, and an end to reckless deficits and central bank inflation.
The more votes Ron Paul gets, win or lose, the sooner the country will start moving in the right direction, and the more likely other politicians will be to pick up on the freedom message and start embracing it as a way to gain a passionate and loyal following. Other candidates may not share Ron Paul's core principles and integrity, but they will back policies and ideas that are proven vote-getters.
Can Ron Paul win? Only if everyone who supports him and believes in his ideals registers to vote, and shows up on election day. A vote for Ron Paul is never wasted, because even if he doesn't win, every vote for Ron Paul is a vote for freedom, and a sign that his message is increasingly popular. When you vote for Ron Paul, everyone wins, no matter how the primaries turn out.
