IA PrimR: Public Policy Polling: Ron Paul almost 1st

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That'd be f-cking amazing if Paul won Iowa.

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Doesn't SC have a strong military presence? That would benefit Paul.

Yes, I'm sure all the people in the military are thrilled with the notion of losing their jobs.

Um...Paul has received more donations from those in the military than any other GOP candidate.  That was in '08, anyways.

Paul is apparently strong among service members for reasons that I don't really understand.

Probably because the military has a lower proportion of armchair chickenhawks than the general populace.

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Those are some pretty good crosstabs for Huntsman.

No, not really.

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Paul is apparently strong among service members for reasons that I don't really understand.

Probably because the military has a lower proportion of armchair chickenhawks than the general populace.

Yes, that would tend to make sense. I've never met a single service member in my entire life who actually likes overseas deployment or combat very much.

I've only known two veterans/service members -- a wacky neocon I had two classes with who was in one of the Iraq wars, and my father, who was in 'Nam and hates the government.

I can imagine that anti-war service members might be a sort of silent majority.

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Paul leads among social issue voters? Who knew?

Standard caveat for MoE among small sub-samples duly noted.

Not too surprising if you actually think about it.  A smaller, less powerful federal government would be significantly less likely and less able to overrule state and local governments when they implement policies favored by social conservatives.

This is why I think people who dismiss Paul are missing the point.  Socons could live with the states rights message that would allow banning abortion, etc. at the state level.  They would prefer salvation, but in lieu of that, they're the sort that could let all the sodomites burn in their California / east coast hells.

Though there are still plenty of fascists who want their ideology shoved down the throats of all Americans, of course.