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Ron Paul gaining support among young voters U-
WIRE In a presidential campaign where even the front-runners break convention, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and his supporters are deep in uncharted territory. Paul's independent streak has helped garner him exceptionally strong support among young voters who have been largely responsible for boosting him out of obscurity and onto the heels of the mainstream Republican contenders. He recently came in second in Nevada's caucuses - albeit in a lightly-contested and watched race - and nearly earned a second-place finish among voters younger than 30 in Iowa, according to CNN exit polls. "It's always the young people who come up and are so enthusiastic," Paul said in a UWIRE conference call with college newspaper reporters yesterday. He credited some of his 30 and younger support to his stance against the war in Iraq.
"The burden of war falls on young people, not only financially but for those individuals that have to go over and fight," Paul said. Part of Paul's appeal may also be that, despite his affiliation with the Republican Party, he eschews much of the GOP's current orientation and discusses less publicized issues.
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