Survey of Public Attitudes Makes Kucinich the Runaway Leader on the Issues

[babylonsister]

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Survey of Public Attitudes Makes Kucinich the Runaway Leader on the Issues
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2007-08-07 13:19. Elections

CLEVELAND, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- 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.

No other candidate, Democrat or Republican, even reaches double digits.

The website (http://www.dehp.net/candidate/) has been asking respondents to express and rank their opinions on 25 different issues -- the war in Iraq, health care, the environment, Patriot Act, etc. -- that have been raised and debated among the Presidential candidates in both parties. Those surveyed vote only on the issues, not for or against any individual candidate. The 67,000-plus responses were then correlated with the positions of all of the candidates as reported on http://www.2decide.com . The results are here: http://www.dehp.net/candidate/stats.php

As of this morning (the survey is recalculated every five minutes), more than 35,600 respondents were "in sync" with Kucinich on the issues. Democratic front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton was the first-place choice of only about 2,400 respondents (3.6%). Other leading candidates fared even worse: Senator Barack Obama (3%), and former Senator John Edwards (1.3%).

"When people vote exclusively on the issues that are important to them, without being influenced by name recognition, celebrity, or millions of dollars in advertising, Congressman Kucinich wins in a landslide," his campaign said today.

[1monster]

1. Yea Kucinich... So, is that why he has to struggle so hard to get any kind

of exposure? He is what we want? He is what we want/need.

[stevedz313]

9. .

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[TreasonousBastard]

2. Even if this poll is valid, it's never about...

issues, it's about who's up to the job.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. correct

and I'm always surprised people don't realize that.

for the most part, people don't vote on issues. They vote on personality, perceived strength, charisma, etc. etc.

[LoZoccolo]

3. It is an Internet poll and completely useless.

I voted in this poll three times from the same computer.

[Totally Committed]

4. Yeah, but he's "unelectable"... didn't you hear?

They say he's "too short". :eyes:

TC

[treestar]

5. All the DUers upset about the apparent spinelessness of Dems

probably agree with Kucinich on most of the issues - and he's not part of the spineless crowd, either.

[riona]

6. I'm in line with Kucinich totally

However, I have a question that keeps lurking in my mind. When primary day comes, will those who had a Kucinich result actually vote for him? If enough do not, we may end up with a candidate that is not a first or second choice. What to do?

[1monster]

7. When primary day came to my state in 2004, I voted for Kerry because Clark had

already dropped out.

But I decided afterward that from that point on, I'd vote my choice in the primaries regardless of "winnablity" for the candidate.

Maybe if more of us did that, we would get better government. Maybe not, too. But it is worth a try.

Kucinich gets my vote (and probably my husband's and stepson's--I weild a lot of political influence in this household :D) in this election cycle's primary.

[mirrera]

8. Recommended

People don't like to face it, but he gets it. ALL of it. No sorry not all, he gets no unbiased coverage.

[dweller]

11. this thread needs another rec

:kick:

dp

[babylonsister]

12. I agree!

:)

[Vidar]

10. He's clearly the best man for the job, so obviously he doesn't have a chance.

[soulcore]

14. You took the words right out of my mouth.

He knows the score, he knows the players, he knows it's all corrupt and crooked and he knows what needs to be done to fix it.

But he's short, and has a European wife with a tongue ring, so he's a non-starter dontcha' know!

[Hawkowl]

13. Greatest nt

[hootinholler]

16. Except nobody knows it! n/t

[druidity33]

17. K&R for Kooch! nt