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The Ron Paul presidential campaign of 2008 began in early 2007 when Congressman Ron Paul of Texas announced his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for President of the United States. Initial opinion polls during the first three quarters of 2007 showed Paul consistently receiving support from 3% or less of those polled. In 2008, Paul's support among Republican voters remained in the single digits, and well behind front-runner John McCain.〔(Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 )〕 During the fourth quarter of 2007, Paul was the most successful Republican fundraiser, bringing in approximately $20 million. He also received the most money from the armed services of any candidate in the fourth quarter.〔(Cost of '08 Presidential Race Already Tops All Elections Prior to '04 )〕 Ron Paul's campaign set two fund-raising records: the largest single-day donation total among Republican candidates and twice receiving the most money received via the Internet in a single day by any presidential candidate in American history. Paul's run for president is also noted for its grassroots social networking, facilitated by the Internet. Ron Paul's enthusiastic supporters were noted by the media, who called them "Paulites".〔(Archives: "CAMPAIGN '08; Foot soldiers of the Ron Paul revolution; Backers of many stripes herald the Republican candidate as their hero." ), ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 Paul received most of his contributions from individuals, at ninety-seven percent; compare to other candidates.〔(Ron Paul profile ) on OpenSecrets.org〕 As of February 5, 2008, Paul had won sixteen delegates to the Republican National Convention, placing him last among the four Republican candidates still in the race at that time. The campaign projected on February 6 to have secured at least 42 delegates to the national convention. On March 4, 2008, John McCain earned enough pledged delegates to become the Republican presumptive nominee, but Paul decided to continue his run. Ron Paul released ''The Revolution: A Manifesto'' on April 29, which collected essays based on thoughts that arose from his experiences running for president in 2008. The book went on to be a number 1 bestseller among political books on Amazon.com and the ''New York Times'' nonfiction list. On June 12, 2008, Paul announced that he was ending the presidential campaign, investing the more than $4.7 million of remaining campaign contributions to build up the new advocacy group Campaign for Liberty.〔(Ron Paul to End Campaign, Launches New Effort )〕 Although he suspended his campaign, he appeared on the ballot in Montana〔Ballot Access News: ("Montana Constitution Party Submits Presidential Electors Pledged to Ron Paul and Michael Peroutka". )〕 and Louisiana〔 in the 2008 general election. He was also listed in some states as a write-in candidate. He received over 47,000 votes, giving him the eighth-highest popular vote total in the election. ==Campaign developments== These are events related to Ron Paul's official 2008 campaign. For events related to the independent grassroots movement around him (the "Ron Paul Revolution"), see Grassroots campaign efforts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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