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New York Sign Wave

Submitted by RonPaulGlensFalls on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 22:49
Part of National promote Ron Paul day.

Short video: It was cold and windy and REALLY FUN! Hundreds of brochures and bumper stickers were given out to motorists and people walking by. There were people of all ages drawn together today by a common goal. I'm proud to have participated with everybody. I hope you enjoy the video.

BREAKING NEWS: Super Brochure Turns Out the Vote: Proof

Submitted by Dr.K.Research on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 23:27 Daily Paul Liberty Forum
The Super Brochure: A Key to Winning Elections

I contacted Curt Schultz at RonPaulProducts.com and asked for raw data on the South Carolina mailings. RonPaulProducts, of which I have no connection, freely gave me the data for the super brochure mailings. This was matched with the “official” precinct results from the Board of Elections.

This is the data for the precincts in the Greenville district of South Carolina. The super-saturated precincts are those where the ratio of brochures mailed to voters who turned out was at least 40%. The precincts were listed on a spread sheet in the order of lowest percent to highest. The percentage of voters in each precinct who voted for Ron Paul were simply added and then divided by the number of precincts. Here are the results, as follows:

40% to 50% ratio (54 precincts): 16.43%

50% to 60% ratio (60 precincts): 17.74%

60% to 70% ratio (7 precincts): 23.01%

70% to 80% ratio (9 precincts): 28.99%

100% (only one precinct): 35.29%

Average of these five group of percentages: 24.29%

These are the percentages of the total number of voters who voted for Ron Paul in each grouping of precincts. The precinct sizes varied, because that’s where the percentages fell. A clear trend is evident. With increasing saturation of the precincts there is a corresponding increase in the number of voters turning out at the polls and voting for Ron Paul. It would appear that supporters are not sending out enough super brochures. The results of the super-saturation are highly encouraging.

There has been a great deal of commentary on the Daily Paul regarding the Super Brochure. Numerous posters have condemned this marketing tool as ineffective. Worse, they even proclaim that it culls votes. In other words, such posters say, the brochure is harmful. That is a serious accusation. Are these repeating posters trying to stop the most effective tool we have to win votes for Ron Paul?

The data demonstrates that the brochure is highly effective—the opposite of these few posters’ undocumented claims. The normal response on direct mail is 1.5 to 2.0 percent. If the Super Brochure elicited this degree of response, it would be deemed a success, though a modest one. It did far better. On average it scored 11%. That is not merely statistically significant: it is massive.

Normally, a successful direct mail campaign fields a response of 2%. Says Chris Cardel of Taradell LLC, direct response experts: “For many industries a 1-3% response rate when mailing to prospects is normal and a 2%-5% response rate when mailing to current customers is normal.” He also notes that “Some response rates have been as low as 0.2%...”

Joe Masterson, MBA, says, “Typical responses I know of from general mailing lists are around .5-1% (max). The more targeted the list, and the better the offer the better the response rates. We hope for 5% response from a very targeted list.” If the Super Voter list meets such a specification, the Super Brochure achieved twice the highest hopes.

The big finding: the greater the saturation of the Super Brochure the greater is the results in bringing in new Ron Paul voters. The best results are when ALL the SuperVoters get it. It turns people on, and that's what we need.

Read more: http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/qst_question.asp?qstID=8069...

Even so, this is a much greater response than merely filling in a form and/or making a call. These are people who took the time to leave their homes cast a ballot. Through this alone the brochure could be deemed a phenomenal success. It is an obvious proof that Dr. Paul’s message is timeless and that however it is presented, as long as it is true and accurate, positive results will occur.

These results are a direct marketer’s dream. It would appear that the claim that the super brochure is hurting the movement is now debunked. As time permits more data will be provided.

As this is being posted I laid a Super Brochure on a table. A 14 year-old picked it up, enamored by it, and read it in its entirety. Then, she said, turning to her mother, "Mom, look at this. This guy is amazing. He is from the heart." that's real wisdom--spontaneously from the heart of a child.

http://www.psprint.com/resources/marketing-in-politics/gener...
http://www.small-biz-marketing-tips.com/direct-mail-response...

Note: this will confirm that the design of the Super Brochure is of the most ideal design possible:
http://books.google.com/books?id=k-COgcxhYDAC&pg=PA117&lpg=P...

BREAKING NEWS: Super Brochure Turns Out the Vote: Proof | Ron Paul 2012 | Peace . Gold . Liberty

Feb 25, 2012
Ron Paul inspires old fans, earns some new ones at Central Michigan University; As Annette I Guthrie Central Michigan University's Warriner Hall after presidential candidate Ron Paul's speech Saturday, she wore a winter coat, scarf and a smile.

She said she'd been on the fence about who to vote for Tuesday, but after hearing the Texas Congressman, she's made her decision.

"I'm voting for Paul," said Guthrie, 57, of Mount Pleasant, an in-home nurse.

Rose H. Averitte, 57, a cook at the Soaring Eagle Casino, coaxed Guthrie to the speech that drew more than 1,300 Saturday.

She said she began following Ron Paul in 2006, two years before his presidential bid in 2008 and became interested in his desire to abolish the Federal Reserve.

Impartial Analysis Finds Only Ron Paul Would Cut US Debt Burden


Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/23/2012 20:11 -0500

When one puts aside all the histrionics, all the melodrama, all the irrelevant secondary bullshit such as appearance, charisma, ability to tele-evangelize, all the irrelevant policies such as what planet the US should colonize or how women should procreate, and focuses on just one thing: which presidential candidate (not to mention president) will do the right thing for America, which is to make sure that it doesn't collapse under a record debt load, there is just one answer. And it is not even ours: it comes from the impartial Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Project, aka US Budget Watch ("U.S. Budget Watch neither supports nor opposes any candidate for office. Its reports are intended to promote understanding and discussion of the federal budget and how specific policy proposals would affect the deficit") which today released an analysis on debt sustainability titled "The GOP Candidates and the National Debt." The answer is in the chart below.




That's it. That's all that matters. The rest is noise.

Full report below (pdf)


Impartial Analysis Finds Only Ron Paul Would Cut US Debt Burden | ZeroHedge