How so?
(1) Rick Santorum won the “Very Conservative” vote, but he lost Independents and Moderates in droves to Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.
(2) The “kook” Ron Paul defeated Newt Gingrich handily in Iowa.
(3) Ron Paul won 50 percent of Millennial voters and 26 percent of Gen X voters. He won 18 percent of Evangelical Christians. More than Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry. He won the “True Conservative” vote in Iowa. He also won Independent and Moderate voters.
(4) Ron Paul is far closer to the center of the political spectrum than Rick Santorum.
(5) The Rick Santorum vote are pro-life, “Very Conservative,” White Evangelical Christians who are over the age of 45. He performs poorly outside that demographic.
Ron Paul’s supporters were Howard Dean freaks in 2004. How did that work out for him?