Maybe the issue is "the net".
Your average person on the street who is not a savvy internet person (ie... Young Adult) is still going to go with one of the top candidates "their" party is pushing.
Ron Paul isn't being pushed on national television, so he's not going to Poll well anywhere except on the internet.
Whoever gets the TV medium, gets the votes... It's pretty simple.
As times change, then the medium will change, but right now, TV is where it's at.