CLEVELAND, OH – In the political equivalent of a “blind taste test” taken by more than 67,000 participants, an independent website surveying public attitudes on various issues is reporting that Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is the first choice of a phenomenal 53% of respondents.
I seem to be in the 53%.
Kucinich 61
No Child Left Behind
Gravel 57
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)
Obama 36
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage
Edwards 31
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Clinton 31
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Biden 29
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage
Dodd 26
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action
Richardson 24
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage
Not too sure about this survey-- [1] after the YouTube debate, I liked Gravel less, and Edwards and Richardson more, than I had to that point; [2] I'm never in the majority. Anyway, if you want to take the survey yourself, here ya go.
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"[2] I'm never in the majority." - hipparchia
I hardly need to remind you that those who take the test are self-selected. As a group, we are anything but a representative cross-section.
What? oh, me? Kucinich, overwhelmingly. The one disagreement (NCLB) is probably a matter of the limitation of choices to "support/oppose"; it's a more complicated issue than that.
Oh, I forgot: the real surprise to me was that Obama (42) ranked so much higher than Edwards and Clinton (each 33) in my results. Maybe I need to take another look at him.
Then again, why bother: I am long since committed to voting in the general election for the Democratic nominee, and Texas never has any influence whatsoever in choosing the candidate.
most of the issues are way too complicated to be addresses in even this survey. it's one of my biggest objections to polls: mo muamce, no analysis, no essay questions.
multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank questions are all good snapshots of an issue, but they're poor measurements.
y'all should all move en masse to florida just in time to register to vote, live here long enough to vote in the primary, then move back to texas on jan 30.
If I thought my vote actually made a difference, I might be even less comfortable choosing which bozo bin to draw from.
538 votes... 538 votes... 538 votes... she grumbled under her breath
i disagree six ways from sunday with ioz on the optimal size for a government, but i'm sorely tempted to write him in for my vote. in my more rational moments i waver between writing in al gore and elizabeth edwards.
Somebody (i.e., me) has had a case of the Mondays all week.
I'll note that I live here in throw-your-vote-away land. If I thought my protests against JK's war vote would have actually gotten the other guy elected, I'd have done differently. I do wish I voted for the greenie governor candidate in '02.
I think ioz is right about us not moving away from a military-industrial (okay, make that "military") model anytime soon. I also think that history shows Republics to be susceptible to power grabs.
I was thinking after yesterday's grouch-fest that now and again good policies get enacted too. (Civil rights was good. Regulating the stock market (more) fairly was good.) Maybe a couple little wheels driven off the big useless ones.
K (I liked Al Gore for what it's worth)
vdgvjx: videos give ajax (lame)
P.S. I can't keep up with you lately. I'd need a flying car or something.
name me a form of government that isn't susceptible to power grabs. the nice part about this republic-an form is that we-the-people have a bigger chance of grabbing the power back.
it requires a great deal of effort and some smarts [probably lots of organizational skills too] both to grab power and to retain it. doesn't matter whether you're king george, darth cheney, or the huddled masses [well, king george is more of a figurehead than a power-wielder, i think].
it's worth noting, this shit doesn't happen overnight. cheney's been working up to this moment since before you were born.
ps. it's been monday all week for me too, so far.
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