Post: 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries
01-12-2012, 09:20 PM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Will any of you guys be voting in your state's primaries for the republican presidential candidate? If so, who are you going to vote for and why? People outside of the U.S can also answer this, just answer with whoever you WOULD vote for if you were a citizen of the U.S.

Comment saying who you're voting for and submit your answer in the poll as well.

Personally I would vote for Ron Paul, but my state's primary is one month before my 18th birthday, so I can't vote in the primary. I will, however, be voting in the presidential election.
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01-31-2012, 03:00 AM #29
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I would start off by saying two things. First off, I am 16, so I have no vote. However, I have followed politics since the 3rd grade, and my parents take me along to vote, and I flat out do all the voting. One is republican, and the other is democrat, so I basically get 2 votes. Anyways, I'm in South West Florida, and I get to go "vote" tomorrow. I would normally support Dr. Paul, but he has decided to skip our Primary, due to the fact it's an all or nothing state, which he had next to no chance of winning even if he had campaigned here. So i am faced with a difficult conundrum.

1. A vote for Dr. Paul is a wasted vote.
2. Romney and Ginrich are both unelectable, due to romney's flip flopping and ginrich just being a manipulative dumbass.

So what should I do? Personally, I predict a landslide victory by Obama if against ginrich or Romney. Romney is too similar to Obama, and will cause many republicans to vote I this election (sarah Palin??) and if ginrich wins, Obama will pull the family man card, and the fact he hasn't asked for an open mariage with his wife...

Also, I predict a 99%er party next election. Just my 2 cents on that...
01-31-2012, 03:21 AM #30
glitchplz
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Originally posted by SchaffinOSX View Post
Well, to an extent, he does matter, but only in his relationship with the frontrunners. If Ron Paul wasn't in the equation, either Gingrich or Romney would have significantly different standings in the polls. I'm not sure where the younger voters would go, though. Perhaps to Gingrich, or perhaps across the aisle to Obama. I highly doubt the youth community would rally around Romney, though.


Yea I am not saying he doesn't matter because the other politicians touch on his issues and votes for him would be votes for someone else. In the long run though once the primaries are over, he will end up as he has in the past not winning. I am curious to see who Ron Paul fanatics support since he obviously won't make it. I enjoyed your opinion on the issue.
01-31-2012, 03:23 AM #31
schaffinosx
To and fro the island.
Originally posted by OFWGKT
I would start off by saying two things. First off, I am 16, so I have no vote. However, I have followed politics since the 3rd grade, and my parents take me along to vote, and I flat out do all the voting. One is republican, and the other is democrat, so I basically get 2 votes. Anyways, I'm in South West Florida, and I get to go "vote" tomorrow. I would normally support Dr. Paul, but he has decided to skip our Primary, due to the fact it's an all or nothing state, which he had next to no chance of winning even if he had campaigned here. So i am faced with a difficult conundrum.

1. A vote for Dr. Paul is a wasted vote.
2. Romney and Ginrich are both unelectable, due to romney's flip flopping and ginrich just being a manipulative dumbass.

So what should I do? Personally, I predict a landslide victory by Obama if against ginrich or Romney. Romney is too similar to Obama, and will cause many republicans to vote I this election (sarah Palin??) and if ginrich wins, Obama will pull the family man card, and the fact he hasn't asked for an open mariage with his wife...

Also, I predict a 99%er party next election. Just my 2 cents on that...


Rock on man. Good for you. Honestly, I don't see much of a reason for you to vote tomorrow given the circumstances. Like you said, chances are that Obama will win a second term, as the Republican party simply has little faith in any of its viable candidates.

I would like to point something out on your comment concerning Florida's delegate system: That's not entirely true. Florida wants it to be true, but conservative regulations have actually hindered that. The new regulations have attempted to push back the primaries to April, and states that decided not to (i.e. Florida) have their delegate count halved. The reason many people think Florida is still an all-or-nothing state is because Florida has been fairly rebellious in this regard. They've essentially said that having their delegate count halved was enough, and that they won't comply with the second consequence.

So really, Florida isn't supposed to be an all-or-nothing state anymore. But we might not find out until August what ends up actually happening. All it will take is one conservative bringing the case to the RNC to make this a very, very long process.

Originally posted by glitchplz View Post
Yea I am not saying he doesn't matter because the other politicians touch on his issues and votes for him would be votes for someone else. In the long run though once the primaries are over, he will end up as he has in the past not winning. I am curious to see who Ron Paul fanatics support since he obviously won't make it. I enjoyed your opinion on the issue.


It will definitely be interesting. I'm really enjoying these primaries.
01-31-2012, 03:25 AM #32
ZypeOG
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Ron Paul Smile ! Voted Aswell
01-31-2012, 03:31 AM #33
schaffinosx
To and fro the island.
Originally posted by ZypeOG View Post
Ron Paul Smile ! Voted Aswell


Why Ron Paul? I'm not invalidating your vote or anything, but I love to hear peoples' arguments. You'd be surprised how much you can learn just by listening to others' opinions.
01-31-2012, 03:33 AM #34
ZypeOG
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01-31-2012, 03:45 AM #35
schaffinosx
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Originally posted by ZypeOG View Post
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I just may, I just may. Although the chances of Paul winning are little to none.
01-31-2012, 03:46 AM #36
ZypeOG
Do a barrel roll!
Hmm Maybe But We Can Only Hope Ayy Smile
01-31-2012, 04:42 AM #37
TornadoCreator
A Storm Approaches.
Originally posted by glitchplz View Post
I am curious to see who Ron Paul fanatics support since he obviously won't make it.

No-one. They won't vote.

The vast majority of Ron Paul supporters are either stoners who stopped listening when he said "legalise marijana", hippies that are so anti-war that it's the only issue they care about, or both. It's actually rather sad really, if Ron Paul had run in the early 70s he'd have stood a chance. The problem is, both of these groups have two things in common. The members in it are largely far too lazy to actually vote or for that matter do much of anything, and a large majority of them are too young to vote.

Effectively what I'm saying is Ron Pauls politics are about as mature as a 15 year old and therefore about as sensible. Sure legalise drugs and stop the war are great slogans, and are good policies, but once he said those two things he got bored went to hang out on the street corner for a few hours then spent the rest of the evening on Xbox Live. His policies outside these two things are laughable and because his two main policies are phrased almost purposely to entice idealistic teens, his appeal rarely outlasts his supporters first sexual experience... and his supporters are fĂșcking hippies!

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