Thread: RON PAUL 1st in Internet Searches IN 11 STATES!!

SecureTheBorder:

Nevermind. I figured it out. This "yahoo! buzz" thingy isn't even a poll. It just tracks how many people enter the candidates' names in search engines.

I'm not surprised.

Okay, well that makes more sense....I was wondering how we could have possibly had so many results already. Hopefully he will do well anyhow.

I'm still hopeful. It's not over!

The Headline of this thread is misleading and distorts the truth. And I thought Ron Paul supporters were so idealistic and were above such behavior!

The polls have not even closed. There are no results until this evening except for the W Virgina caucus.

Ron Paul is hoping for a brokered convention. I think what this means is he would be willing to give his delegates to Romney if Romney adopted some of his ideas. This would be good for us. It also means in states that award delegates proportional to percentage of votes, people could vote for Ron Paul and it would not be helping McCain.

Of course Huckabee is the spoiler in this analysis, what will he do with his delegates at a brokered convention?

Jonathan wrote:

The Headline of this thread is misleading and distorts the truth.

I agree that the header is misleading. When I read the thread title my first thought was of Paul leading the primaries in 11 states. Honestly, I was amazed until I clicked on the thread and realized that this had nothing to do with the primaries or legitimate polling (if there is such a thing).

Could this have been an attempt to influence folks heading to the polls?

Originally Posted by MW

Jonathan wrote:

The Headline of this thread is misleading and distorts the truth.

I agree that the header is misleading. When I read the thread title my first thought was of Paul leading the primaries in 11 states. Honestly, I was amazed until I clicked on the thread and realized that this had nothing to do with the primaries or legitimate polling (if there is such a thing).

Could this have been an attempt to influence folks heading to the polls?

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Ron Paul is leading in the Yahoo Buzz, which are numbers representing search activity for particular words on the Yahoo Search Engin only.

At the top of the Political Dashboard, click on What is this? Go to the bottom and read what the Yahoo Buz numers are all about.

Ron Paul supporters are actively searching for him on Yahoo and these results have nothing to do with Delegate vote counts, exit polls or election returns. Nothing else official will come in until this evening.

Also, posting information like this can actually hurt a candidate. If people who have not voted yet see their candidates winning early, they believe he has already won and don't go to the polls. There are a lot of rules about press coverage of elections because of this predictable human behavior.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Darlene

RON PAUL 1st PLACE IN 11 STATES!!


Here is a link for watching the results State by State.

Paul is leading McCain by 9 points.



http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard

I would love to see Paul win over McCain! That would MAKE MY DAY!

I will never forgive the sneering and snickering that Ron Paul received from John McCain.

Jonathan wrote:

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I disagree. While the header may be misleading, there is no evidence to suggest that anyone was purposely attempting to deceive anyone.