lol i believe he is voting in ohio maybe

The general public relies on the media for the political information. The media likes to pick out winners early on. Winners need easy to remember sound bites. Ron Paul will continue to fail in his presidential campaigns because he seems to be honestly against much of the status quo. His voting records will largely back this up, too. If you asked people, issue by issue, what they thought of Paul's opinions... I bet you'd find most people (from all political points) to be in agreement with a lot of what he thinks and says. But because the media ignores, dismisses, or undermines him people won't bother to think about his positions.

Another recent example of this would be Dennis Kucinich's campaign during the 2008 elections. He stood out from the crowd and that made him a target. He was belittled by the media for it, and as a result most people came to think of him as little more than a joke candidate despite his solid voting record and success as a congressman and mayor.

People will complain that they always end up with more of the same from politicians, but until people stop letting the mass media corporations decide for them, that's exactly what they'll continue to get (and deserve to get). Sadly, it seems people put more time and effort into deciding on their American Idol votes than their representative government.