Who are Ron Paul's supporters?

[Update: This question got 3000 comments! See my newer post]

Well, that's the open question NPR (National Public Radio) asks its readers. Looking at the responses it's clear that he has broad appeal across Americans of all classes and ages. In fact this question keeps getting raised due to certain anomalies in Paul's campaign: With little media coverage, corporate backing or name recognition he's gone on to gain tens of thousands of the most avid, creative supporters and broken fund raising records.

Add to it the fact that he is only polling about 9% in many national polls. Much of mainstream media is trying to figure out if the supporters are only a small, vocal minority...but then what about the 60,000 donors for the Tea Party? That means the polls are woefully out of shape, which is not too unlikely either. It also implies the media is not able to correctly observe what's churning in the minds of the electorate?

So we are faced with the prospect of having to wait for the actual elections to know who has a real shot at the Republican nomination.. :)