# Is Colbert for real? (+ could he win?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558 "2007-10-30T10:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558/21 "2007-10-31T16:01:29Z")
well, lets put it this way. The online Facebook Group:1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T Colbert was the absolute fastest growing facebook group of ALL TIME and reached it’s goal of 1,000,000 members in about 10 days. Yes, that’s right, 10 days. It was started on October 17th, I believe, and here are the group totals provided by the creator of the group. 10,000 Members at 10:22 PM (EST) 10/17/2007 50,000 Members at 4:48 PM (EST) 10/18/2007 100,000 Members at 12:54 AM (EST) 10/19/2007 170,000 Members at 4:58 PM (EST) 10/19/2007 200,000 Members at 9:43 PM (EST) 10/19/2007 250,000 Members at 11:58 AM (EST) 10/20/2007 300,000 Members at 7:44 PM (EST) 10/20/2007 350,000 Members at 4:43 AM (EST) 10/21/2007 400,000 members at 5:11 PM (EST) 10/21/2007 450,000 Members at 12:16 PM (EST) 10/22/2007 500,000 Members at 5:11 AM (EST) 10/23/2007 550,000 Members at 3:59 PM (EST) 10/23/2007 600,000 Members at 8:06 PM (EST) 10/23/2007 650,000 Members at 11:24 PM (EST) 10/23/2007 700,000 Members at 11:34 AM (EST) 10/24/2007 750,000 Members at 5:31 PM (EST) 10/24/2007 800,000 Members at 9:40 PM (EST) 10/24/2007 850,000 members at 4:22 AM (EST) 10/25/2007 900,000 Members at 3:24 PM (EST) 10/25/2007 950,000 Members at 9:11 PM (EST) 10/25/2007 **1,000,000 Members at 5:54 AM (EST) 10/26/2007** 1,100,000 Members at 3:06 PM (EST) 10/27/2007 1,200,000 Members at 6:01 AM (EST) 10/29/2007 And the damn thing is still growing. The other candidates have had groups like this for almost a year and none have even come close to his numbers. And he’s gotten that far in **12** days. And he didn’t even advertise this group or tell people to join it or participate like he did with this bridge (which got 17 million votes). Of those 1,200,000 members, almost all are of voting age and most of them are serious about their support. They are so disenfranchised with the other candidates that they would gladly support someone they love and honor, Stephen Colbert. So could he win? Maybe, probably not. But 1,200,000 write in votes can’t be bad 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558/22 "2007-10-31T18:26:32Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] My WAG is that some “scandal” will arise days from the election and Colbert will “shamefacedly” “withdraw” from the “race”. “Allegedly”. “:D” [/QUOTE] Good guess. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558/23 "2007-10-31T18:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] So could he win? Maybe, probably not. But 1,200,000 write in votes can’t be bad 😃 [/QUOTE] Want to bet? If he takes young college age votes away from other candidates, we get… more of what we already have. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558/24 "2007-11-01T03:38:57Z")
Right, but he isn’t taking just liberal leaning votes away. He would also be taking conservative votes too. I know some REAL (and I mean super, crazy, 700 club supporting) conservatives that have said they’d vote for him. There is unhappiness on both sides by the younger voting age group. And it wouldn’t only take away votes from both sides, he could actually get more people to vote. The percentage of eligible voters 18- 26 that actually do vote is always small. But can you imagine if almost all of them voted? That would knock the crap out of some of the other candidates. I’m not saying he’d be the best thing for our economy. I’m just saying that people my age have an ability to go all out and really follow through with something when they want to. They simply need something to follow… ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558/25 "2007-11-01T04:50:24Z")
Just coming in to note that the only politically oriented costume that came to my door tonight was a kid dressed as Colbert. He got an extra piece of candy. I find this fascinating as a lesson on the hoops one must jump through to run for office these days. I wonder if the expert on the other night is actually advising them, and got some air time in payment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-colbert-for-real-could-he-win/424558.md?page=1)