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Ron Paul

RPmaniac — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:24:44 -0400

Well said Tex, I get really sick of the small but fanatical group of people who use every chance they get to take a shot at Dr. Paul, I have personally converted 17 people to vote for Dr. Paul just by simply asking them to google Ron Paul, or watch one of his youtube videos, the truth of the matter is the other candidates are a joke compared to Dr.Paul and most people need only to watch one or two videos to be convinced of that.

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Tex MacRae — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:46:30 -0400

..fanatically watched by a small number of people but limited appeal to the greater world.

Could you explain your reasoning behind that conclusion? I'm curious because according to TubeMogul, this video got 2,362 views yesterday for a full 46% of @GoogleTalk total video views yesterday. This video isn't even on Ron Paul's channel. How do you account for that?

Ron Paul's official channel got 22,484 views yesterday. (For comparison, Barack Obama's channel got 12,403 views yesterday.) So, according to your reasoning a small fanatical bunch of supporters viewed over 25,000 videos of Ron Paul yesterday and that's not counting the unofficial videos. For example, this publisher - aravoth - has 7 videos tracked by TubeMogul, all about Ron Paul. Yesterday, his videos received 10,238 views and has a total viewership of 673,244. So make that 35,000 Ron Paul video views yesterday.

Do you really think a small band of fanatics is responsible for that?

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Tex MacRae — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:19:10 -0400

I think it just means that the supporters of candidates other than Ron Paul don't see loyalty to his channel as a way of showing support. Ron Paul's supporters are doing everything they can to support him, including signing up for everything they possibly can and going to every event, etc. RP's videos are regularly the most commented, favorited and rated of the political candidates. See here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/014724.html

Another factor is that if a good or important Clinton or Obama video comes out, you'd more than likely hear about it in the media, which is not the case with Ron Paul. His supporters are more likely to subscribe to his channel so as not to miss anything.

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Todd Zeigler — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:11:26 -0400

Paul numbers make sense - fanatically watched by a small number of people but limited appeal to the greater world. I think Edwards' numbers can't really be compared to the others since his overall view count is inflated because YouTube is his primary player. Edwards' has also promoted his videos more heavily via email than Clinton or Obama (at least that is my perception). I also think Hillary and Edwards' ratios are higher because they have had more "blockbuster" videos (Hair, pick a song contest, Coulter, etc.) than Obama that end up reaching a wider audience.

http://www.bivingsreport.com

Just a thought.

The Walkingman — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:51:07 -0400

My suspicion would be that anyone who spends a significant amount of time on youtube watches some of the videos from multiple candidates, even if they are only subscribed to one.

Ron Paul 3rd in IL Straw

rtester — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:44:33 -0400

Ron Paul 3rd in IL Straw Poll!! 19%

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