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Originally Posted by samcol
It never ceases to amaze me how much negativity there is toward's the Paul grassroots effort. His online presence is meaningless in the primaries? What do you think got his campaign off the ground to 10% or whateer in iowa and 7% in New hampshire instead of a 0-2% percent showing like a Tancredo, Hunter, Kucinich or Gravel? They said he couldn't transform a huge online presence into real votes over and over again, but that's exactly what has happened.
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Sam has a point, if it weren't for the online stuff he wouldn't even be a blip on the radar.
What it does mean though is that online polls mean even less than the 'real' ones when it comes to predicting elections.