Here is information of increases of percentages of votes from Ron Paul's presidential bid 2008 compared to 2012 (this comes from http://www.dailypaul.com/210821/looking-at-the-numbers-2008-vs-2012&sss=1)
Iowa: 10% to 21.4%, an increase of x2.1
NH: 7.7% to 22.9%, an increase of almost x3
SC: 3.7% to 13%, an increase of x3.5
FL: 3.2% to 7%, an increase of x2.18
Those are all the actual stats they posted.
With such increases in those states, it seems like more people are getting fed up with more of the same (candidates, rhetoric, policies, debt, war, over-regulation). More people are getting educated. More people are caring about ideas.
The reason why I am a Ron Paul supporter, is because he's true to his oath concerning the Constitution. Here's the current oath (from http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/oaths_of_office_4.htm):
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
The original one went like this:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States."
Ron Paul keeps both oaths. Also, as part of his philosophy of government, he plans to end our unnecessary and costly wars, lessen our deficit, balance the budget, and give more liberty to the people.
To achieve more liberty, more people need to educated on the amazing (not perfect, but nonetheless amazing) system our Founding Fathers gave us.
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