Texas Representative Ron Paul has never been a man to mince political words and his recent railing against the Federal Reserve, have increased his popularity among his internet cult followers. With a pair of videos posted on You Tube showing him criticizing the federal reserve and chairman Ben Bernanke, it isn't only the popularity of the videos that has increased, both his quarterly campaign donations and his poll numbers have gone up as well.
The Republican candidate's popularity has hovered around and one and two percent throughout most of the summer and fall, according to figures at usaelectionpolls.com but recently his popularity has improved to four percent in Iowa and to six percent in some national polls.
He has long been a critic of the federal government's growth and spending habits and with the dollar not faring well against other national currencies is pushing to do away with the federal reserve board and return the country to a gold standard. Although trained as a physician, the 10-term Texas Congressman is no stranger to confrontation on Capital Hill and was the only Republican to break ranks with the president and vote against the Iraq war in 2002.
His recent complaints about government spending is nothing new, but his forum as a presidential candidate has brought additional publicity at the grass roots level, where his campaign was born. Polls listed at PresidentElectionPolls.com also show an increase as so far in the fourth quarter has received nearly $10 million and looks to easily surpass his campaign's $12 million goal, more than double the amount received in the third quarter of the year.
Few folks realize that Ron Paul is polling 3% or higher in every state poll for the month of December. His polling numbers are the highest in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
