There are no signs of dropping out for Ron Paul. On January 14th, he opened four additional offices in Illinois. He is hoping that these offices will help him with the already overwhelming support in Illinois for the primary on Febuary 5th. In August 2007, Paul pulled a strong third with 19% of the vote. In South Carolina he drew over 600 hundred people at Bob Jones University. His message of freedom, peace, and prosperity connected with the college students and faculty. There were so mnay supporters at the rally that hundreds were sitting outside just to hear his message. In the Michigan primary on January 15th Paul pulled in at fourth place with 6% of the vote. Also, in the South Carolina primary he pulled in at fifth place with 4% of the vote. Unfortunately, he was not high in the pulls in South Carolina and Michigan, but he did come in second place in the caucus in Nevada. He lost to Romney with 14% of the vote. Paul defied recent pulls in the Nevada caucus by coming in second compared to his fourth, fifth and sixth finishings. Nevada has secured the Paul community to stay in the race after passing front-runners like McCain, Giuliani, Thompson and Huckabee.
Will Paul's popularity stick with the American people? We will have to wait and see in the Florida primary next week, but as of now he is continuing to gain money and support from around the United States.
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It will be interesting to see how his second place finish in Nevada will affect the race in Florida--do Paul strategists really feel that he has a chance to place well in Florida after the months of Giuliani campaigning? If Paul were to do well in Florida, no doubt that would boost his standings in the race, but would it be enough to deter Giuliani from continuing his campaign? What other states have similar constituencies to Nevada because if Paul--generally considered a lesser candidate--comes in second the race for the Republican Nomination may be more chaotic than we thought.
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