"bumpersticker primary" @ Irregular Times: obama 26%, kucinich 22%

[ima_sinnic]

Sales of bumper stickers and other merchandise endorsing candidates is an interesting measure of voter preference. In searching for the old "Bumpersticker Primary" website that I remembered from 2004, I came across Irregular Times, which is apparently publishing regular stats on bumpersticker sales from their site.

For the period 8/5-8/21 (so far):
Barack Obama: 26.1%
Dennis Kucinich: 22.1%
Hillary Clinton: 21.0%
Al Gore: 10.1%
Christopher Dodd: 4.7%
John Edwards: 4.7%
Bill Richardson: 4.3%
Joseph Biden: 2.9%
Mike Gravel: 2.8%

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/category/bumper-stickers/

According to them, Kucinich sales have shot up since the AFL-CIO debate (stats further down on the page bear this out. At the very end of July he was at 15.4%). There is a very interesting pie chart of sales on the day after the debate, when Kucinich and Clinton pretty much tied at 25% and 27% of sales, respectively, and Obama was at 20%. I am surprised at the mediocre showing of Edwards in bumpersticker sales.