Ron Paul’s Meetup support continues to surpass all
I posted an article back in August discussing how Ron Paul had the largest Meetup support and how this service was key in Howard Dean’s surge of support. Looking at the list of presidential Meetup groups now, Ron Paul’s group has almost tripled its membership since August while Barack Obama’s group has actually lost members. Here is a list of the top presidential Meetup groups:
Ron Paul:
87,105 Members in 1,415 Meetup Groups, 8,626 waiting for a Meetup Group
Mike Huckabee:
6,881 Members in 318 Meetup Groups, 707 waiting for a Meetup Group
Dennis Kucinich:
2,513 Members in 95 Meetup Groups, 2,612 waiting for a Meetup Group
Barack Obama:
3,629 Members in 66 Meetup Groups, 2,120 waiting for a Meetup Group
It really is funny that the top candidates aren’t utilizing this service more fully. You would have thought they would have learned from Howard Dean’s campaign on how to really get the grassroots working for you. I’m still baffled at how much support Ron Paul seems to have online compared to how poorly he performs in all the polls. It really has to mean something though I’m not quite sure yet. A surprise surge of support in the primaries maybe? Who knows?
