Are you voting in November? Also, assuming Ron Paul didn’t exist, who would you vote for? Hillary? Obama? McCain? Nader? Libertarian Party Candidate? NOTA?
Yes, I definitely intend on voting. If Ron Paul did not run, then I would vote for whomever was a constitutionalist, free enterprise promoter, non-interventionist, pro-life, and a true federalist (like the “Anit-Federalists”. The Federalists were really nationalists and mercantilists ).
I was a registered Republican until the party nominated McCain… now I’m a registered independent. I will probably not vote for President (because I consider it already lost), and then just vote for the most conservative congressional candidates.
Ron Paul is still in the race and has a chance at winning the Republican nomination (albeit a slim one.). Even if he doesn’t win, I intend on writing him in. After the election, I intend on staying involved in the GOP to push a truly conservative platform into the mainstream. If many Ron Paul supporters do the same, we can and will expand our numbers exponentially and succeed in taking back our country from the Bilderbergs.
I’m voting in the PA primary, and that’s it for me as far as national elections go. There are a few fellows running for local and state offices who will have my support, because they are libertarians - not Libertarians.
From the responses, I gather it’s either Ron Paul or None of the above.
I am voting for Ron Paul myself, regardless if he gets the nomination or not, and regardless if the vote will even count.
However, I do question myself as a former “liberal”, if I would have voted for Hillary because of her name recognition, or for Obama, because of his charisma. But Ron Paul had to come in and bust my liberal bubble, which I am actually thankful for. He opened the door too so much, the least I could do is give him my vote. I wish I knew about LvMI, Austrian Economics, and libertarianism much earlier in life, but I guess it’s better late than never.
I will not be old enough to vote this November, however, If I was old enough I would definetly write in Ron Paul. Any vote cast for Mccain, Hilary or Obama is just a vote cast for a liberal candidate. While reading through some old forums, i came across a thread with the topic: “would you vote for Ron Paul?”. I was pretty schocked to see many people saying that they would not even vote for Ron Paul because any vote cast would be a voting in favor of the state. I find this absurd. It may be true that a vote for Ron Paul may not count, however it is at least a step in the right direction, a direction with a practical end, unlike the choice to not vote.
I’d love to feel the satisfaction of voting for Ron Paul, but because I’m a low class citizen (born and live Puerto Rico), I won’t be able to do so.
Watching the Ron Paul’s progress from the UK has been very disheartening. The US voters had a real chance to vote for a candidate who has demonstrated principle and integrity, but either chose not to evaluate the the candidates themselves or actually wanted an big government candidate. So, if a libertarian candidate, and one who is part of a mainstream party, can make no headway, the question remains, “What is a libertarian to do?”
So, I guess the options are:
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Vote for a real libertarian candidate if there is one
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Vote for any party seeking succession from the main country
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Not vote at all, in the hope that if enough people do not vote the mandate of the ruling elite can be challenged
But, 1 and 2 conflict with 3. At the moment, in the UK, I am inclined to go for 3, not vote at all.
I’m going to vote for Ron Paul in the PA primary on April 22nd and in the general election I don’t know who I’m going to vote for. I guess I’ll have to wait and see who the Libertarian and Constitution Parties nominate. The single most important issue to me is a foreign policy of non-intervention. The second is gun rights.
From experience, it seems many vote on the herd mentality rather than evaluating each of the candidates. Herd mentality, in the sense that individuals do not venture far from what the MSM feeds to them. I don’t even think the majority of the population understands the difference between big government and small government.
I won’t be old enough. 
If I would be, then I’d vote a straight ticket for the LP. As I’ve already explained elsewhere, I’m an anarchist, and we need to get the most libertarian people into office to get more coverage to more radical forms of libertarianism like true minarchism and anarchism.
So you would vote for nationalism and mercantilism?
I think you’re on the wrong forum, buddy.
Yes, where I live we have to vote down all the proposed local tax increases for schools, zoos, museums, baseball stadiums etc.
In the presidential election we have in one corner:
War-Monger/Socialist McCain
And in the other corner we have:
Socialist/War Monger Clinton/Obama
They are basically the same.
It’s hard to tell but I don’t think Clinton/Obama are quite as bellicose as McCain. I think McCain is very bellicose but Clinton/Obama don’t have “core values” so if most of the population was against going to war say in Iran, Sudan, North Korea, etc they might be more hesitant to. Where as McCain would go to war whether the majority of the population supported it or not. But I could be wrong.
Being underage, I am ineligible to vote. However, if I could vote, I would most likely vote Libertarian if Barr or Ruwart get the nomination. If not, then I would cast a protest vote for Jesse Ventura, if he runs. If none of thos three are on the ballot, and Ron Paul doesn’t go third-party, then I would stay at home.
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