CNN Disinfo: Refuses to Use OWN Poll – Reports Ron Paul at 0%

CNN presented Monday night’s GOP debate held in Manchester, New Hampshire. Republican candidates included Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Hermain Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Candidates discussed government’s role in society, debt, housing, religion, bail outs, food safety, foreign policy and more.

Ron Paul drew in popular results from CNN’s online poll asking viewers who they thought won the debate. CNN’s poll had shown Paul leaving behind the others with 75% of votes and climbing.

But those were not the results CNN broadcast the next morning. Watch the video below and you will see a different poll discussed from nationaljournal.com showing Ron Paul at 0 percent. Only 54 viewers cast their votes at the time. One commenter at the Dailypaul.com noted:

Poll Numbers Do Not Add Up!!!!

Ok so I did some simple math with this poll. They said 54 ppl took part in the poll. These number are absolutely impossible to come up with, out of a pool of only 54 voters.

28 voters – romney 51.8% (rounded down)

11 voters- backman 20.4% (only if they rounded up…12 voters would be to high at 22.2%)

2 voters- Both Cain and Santorum 3.7% (only if they rounded up…3 voters would be too high at 5.5%)

This leaves 11 voters for both Pawlenty and Gingrich which does not work at all…If 6 voted for Pawlent he is at 11% and Gingrich would be with 5 at 9%….

So simply these numbers do not add up for this poll no matter what way you try to break it down. Either they pulled these numbers out of nowhere, or they skewed the results.

Last check on the CNN poll, which you can find here, showed Paul at 82 percent. One writer conducted his own poll showing that Paul received twice as much applause as the other candidates.

Video: CNN Disinfo. Refuses to Use OWN Poll; Ron Paul Win at 79% – Reports 0% Poll

Picture of the CNN poll at the time of this writing.



Picture showing comparison polls after the GOP debate.

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Who won the GOP debate? The audience thought Ron Paul did

That candidate? Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.

An analysis of audience reaction shows Paul was applauded twice as much as any other candidate on stage.

Throughout the two-hour debate, Paul was applauded 11 times. Romney, Bachmann, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty were each applauded five times. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and businessman Herman Cain were each applauded four times. Former Pa. Senator Rick Santorum was applauded the least amount of times: Three.

After a slow start, Paul earned applause throughout the debate, on a variety of issues, including his opposition to “government assistance to private enterprise,” his belief that people should be able to “opt out” of Medicare, his views on the separation of church and state, and his opposition to the United States’ various wars.

“I’d bring them home as quickly as possible,” he said of U.S. troops. “And I would get them out of Iraq as well. And I wouldn’t start a war in Libya. I’d quit bombing Yemen. And I’d quit bombing Pakistan. I’d start taking care of people here at home because we could save hundreds of billions of dollars.”

Romney scored with the audience for his opposition of “too big too fail” economic policies, for his comments about scaling down the war in Afghanistan and for his attacks on Obama. Bachmann earned applause when she announced her candidacy for president and when she called Obama “a one-term president.” Pawlenty scored applause with his comments about right-to-work legislation and when he praised the Christian faith. Cain was cheered for his comments regarding government bailouts, his statement regarding the strength of the GOP field and his opposition to Sharia law. Gingrich also pleased the crowd on this issue and for his comments on securing the border.

In terms of other audience reaction, Romney earned the most laughs: Twice his comments brought the crowd to laughter (though one was a slip-up about the Taliban). Paul, Santorum, Gingrich, and Pawlenty each earned laughter from the crowd on one occasion.

I thought each candidate had his moments. Gingrich gave the best intro; Cain overall was the best orator; Santorum was the most combative on the president’s economic policies; Romney was the most presidential; Paul the most principled; Bachmann perhaps the most exciting; and Pawlenty perhaps the nicest (he refused to criticize Romney to his face). Even Santorum showed he can have a sense of humor.

What’s strange, though, is how uniformly pundits’ opinions have been in favor of Romney and Bachmann — and how different their reaction is to that of the audience in New Hampshire. (A poll of so-called “GOP Insiders” revealed party establishment minds believe Paul finished last. View that poll here.)

Now, I realize Paul’s supporters tend to be louder and more enthusiastic than other candidates’ and the amount of applause is hardly a scientific way to judge a debate. But to not even consider as a potential debate winner the person who was applauded more than twice as much as any other candidate strikes me as strange.

Maybe it shows a vast separation between the media and the beliefs of grassroots GOP activists? Maybe it shows that Paul’s supporters are simply more enthusiastic, though not larger in number? I don’t know.

What I do know is this: People don’t cheer things they don’t support. They don’t laugh at jokes that aren’t funny. They don’t cry during movies that aren’t sad.

Paul’s large advantage in applause shows that a number of Republicans want smaller government, less foreign wars, no financial bailouts and freedom in their personal lives. He may not be the favorite in the GOP race, but the pundits could at least acknowledge the vocal and growing support within the Republican party on these issues.

By Luke Broadwater

Sources:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bthesite/the-ridiculous-r...

http://www.dailypaul.com/167740/video-ron-paul-at-0