Rand Paul courts college vote in Iowa

by Bradford Richardson - 09/12/15 9:51 AM ET

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) revved up a crowd of college-student supporters in Iowa on Friday, taking on the surveillance state, the war on drugs and interventionist foreign policy.

The Republican presidential candidate drew nearly 600 people to the event at Iowa State University, according to the Des Moines Register.

{mosads}“I think that when we become the party of the entire Bill of Rights, we are going to rock and roll to victory and that is the party that I want to be a part of,” Paul said.

The junior Kentucky senator differentiated himself from his presidential opponents, saying he was the only candidate who believes “in your right to be left alone.”

The crowd chanted “President Paul, President Paul” as he concluded.

Paul said his campaign has established more than 300 chapters of “Students for Rand” at colleges in all 50 states over the last 30 days.

Along with fellow candidates Donald Trump, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Paul will attend a tailgate party before a football game between the University of Iowa and Iowa State in Ames on Saturday.

According to a RealClearPolitics polling average, Paul is only drawing 2 percent support in the GOP primary, good for 11th place in the 16-candidate field.

But he fairs slightly better in the Iowa caucus, where he sits in 8th place at 3.4 percent support.

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