DU straw poll #4: Results

[smoogatz]

Here are the results of the DU '08 presidential straw poll I posted last night:

A total of 243 votes have been cast so far. As in the first three polls (6/4/06, 6/25/06 and 8/2/06) DU loves Al Gore, who registered a whopping 116 votes or 48% of the total (compared with 45%, 34%, and 45% in the previous polls). Second place, as usual, belongs to Wes Clark, with 57 votes/23% (28%, 28%, 14%). Edwards received a respectable 24 votes/10%, and Russ Feingold finished fourth with 18/7%, despite his announcement yesterday that he's out of the Presidential race. The also-rans are, in order, Kerry with 9/4% (in line with his previous performances of 6%, 5% and 6%), Hillary Clinton (8/3%), new-to-the-poll Barack Obama (6/2%), and the hardly worth mentioning Richardson, Biden and Vilsack. The only surprise for me was Obama's relatively weak showing--my guess is that DUers either don't know much about him yet, or else they view him as a denizen of the squishy center, a territory they distrust. Also worth noting is the fact that Kerry has barely made a ripple in any of the four polls, despite his very vocal following here.

Poll result (243 votes)
Joe Biden (2 votes, 1%)
Wes Clark (57 votes, 23%)
Hillary Clinton (8 votes, 3%)
John Edwards (24 votes, 10%)
Russ Feingold (18 votes, 7%)
Al Gore (116 votes, 48%)
John Kerry (9 votes, 4%)
Barack Obama (6 votes, 2%)
Bill Richardson (3 votes, 1%)
Tom Vilsack (0 votes, 0%)

Here's the poll:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2691401&mesg_id=2691401

[smoogatz]

1. One kick.

[Catchawave]

2. Is your poll closed ?

If not, please post the link so I may partake in DU Democracy :hi:

[smoogatz]

3. Done. See above. Thanks for the timely reminder. n/t

[Catchawave]

6. I voted !

Thanks for the link :hi:

[JudyM]

4. Might want to repost without Feingold since he dropped out. nt

[smoogatz]

5. Next month I'll drop Feingold and probably add Kucinich

or Al Sharpton, or re-include Bayh, who I dropped this time around because he'd never gotten more than 2 or 3 votes in my earlier polls. As others announce, I'll probably drop the low vote-getters to include them.

[JudyM]

7. I wish Kucinich had a chance... nt

[Wiley50]

8. Doesn't Edwards get an Honorable Mention?

I know I'm a Liberal Southerner

But

The Guy is as Charismatic as Clinton
and really gives a damn about Po' Folk like me.

We aren't all up east limosine liberals, are we?