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Old 02-20-2012, 05:50 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Multiple times on here... Ron Paul supporters have said that polls that show Ron Paul not doing well are part of a conspiracy. Ron Paul supporters on here have also said that exit and entrance polls of voters leaving and entering the precincts are also part of a conspiracy to hurt Ron Paul's chances, as the entrance and exit polls tend to show him doing poorly.

Do you believe this?

Yet these same conspiracy theorists get excited over a poll that shows him doing well.


Follow the money and quit turning a blind eye.
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:00 PM
 
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So when a PPP poll says something unfavorable for Ron Paul like that Ron Paul would lose Nevada and not even make it close...they are part of a conspiracy as Ron Paul secretly got more votes and it was stolen away from him.

Yet when PPP polls something favorable for Ron Paul, you jump for joy for how accurate their work is and the great things it means for Ron Paul?
To be fair everyone does this when they have good or bad numbers for their preferred candidate.
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:31 PM
 
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Cross-posted from DailyPaul (http://www.dailypaul.com/193606/public-policy-polling-ron-paul-performs-the-best-against-obama - broken link):


Thank you, independent voters!
Too bad he's not doing so well with Republican voters.
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:31 PM
 
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To be fair everyone does this when they have good or bad numbers for their preferred candidate.
I've never ever seen people claim that polls were all part of a big conspiracy to hold back a candidate before. I've seen polls don't matter, but not quite this.
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:34 PM
 
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we need a leader who believes in living within your means, ron paul is that man.
I certainly agree that we need to live within our means.

The last fiscal year that our national debt did not increase was 1957. The 1990's surpluses weren't true surpluses as they borrowed from multiple funds like social security, the civil service trust fund, the military pension, and etc.
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Old 02-20-2012, 07:05 PM
 
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I've never ever seen people claim that polls were all part of a big conspiracy to hold back a candidate before. I've seen polls don't matter, but not quite this.
I remember seeing it in 08; it's a combination of increased access to every tiny piece of media and social media groups which serve to reinforce certain perceptions. PPP's twitter feed has had conspiracy accusations leveled at them from supporters of every campaign this year; they like to retweet the funniest and most ignorant ones.
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Old 02-20-2012, 07:11 PM
 
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I remember seeing it in 08; it's a combination of increased access to every tiny piece of media and social media groups which serve to reinforce certain perceptions. PPP's twitter feed has had conspiracy accusations leveled at them from supporters of every campaign this year; they like to retweet the funniest and most ignorant ones.
Just because someone claims others are claiming a "conspiracy theory" doesn't mean it's true.

Although by strict definition they are all around. Just means a group working together toward a goal. The whole phrase amts to peer pressure. Didn't work too well in High School either.
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Old 02-20-2012, 07:14 PM
 
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I remember seeing it in 08; it's a combination of increased access to every tiny piece of media and social media groups which serve to reinforce certain perceptions. PPP's twitter feed has had conspiracy accusations leveled at them from supporters of every campaign this year; they like to retweet the funniest and most ignorant ones.
Could you give some examples?
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Old 02-20-2012, 07:19 PM
 
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Could you give some examples?
Twitter

scroll down til you find something not posted by them
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Old 02-20-2012, 07:31 PM
 
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Twitter

scroll down til you find something not posted by them
This is different. That is people claiming that a single polling company that openly claims to be an ally of the Democrats will naturally favor Democrats.

There are Ron Paul supporters claiming that ALL of the polls and exit/Entrance Polls are deliberately skewed to hold back Ron Paul.

When you go that extreme, you really have to wonder.
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