Another poll on why you support your Candidate

[bryant69]

I'm just curious. One of the memes coming out of Iowa was that Iowa voters voted pragmatically, which bugged me. The idea was that a vote for Kerry was settling for half a loaf or three quarters of a loaf because you thought this particular loaf could win the white house (i may have carried that analogy to far).

Personally I think it's not a stretch to assume some if not most of those supporters voted for that candidate because they believed him the best man for the job. Hence this poll.

Bryant
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[mmonk]

1. Easy

I'm not looking for another politician, I'm looking for someone I believe will put the country above political considerations.

[HootieMcBoob]

2. I support Clark because

I believe he's the best candidate for the job and is also the candidate most likely to beat Bush in a landslide. I also support him because once in office I believe he would get more congressional cooperation and would be able to accomplish more good for the country. Like I always say -- Nixon to China.

[sweetheart]

3. Your missing the logical opposite of choice 2

You genuinely believe in your candidate's platform and think however, based on realpolitik, that another might be more electable.

[iowapeacechief]

4. As an Iowa caucus chair, I say it was BOTH/AND...

...BOTH making up our minds and standing for the best among several good choices AND standing for second choices because of the peculiarity of the 15-percent viability test.

I saw both behaviors and tolerance for both ways of playing, and I saw participants torn between their heads and hearts all the way to the end.

I think you're looking for a too-simple explanation of complex choices.

Iowa was not a one-person-one-vote measure of these candidates.

[bryant69]

6. Agrees

You are probably right. I don't like the pragmatism explains it argument, because it tends to write of Kerry and Edwards platforms, but to suggest that that pragmatism didn't play a role is probably just as big a distortion.

[onebigbadwulf]

5. Dean - first choice only

He is completely severed from corporatism. He is the best.

Sorry but Clark was a hardcore lobbyist.