Conduct your own Dean poll. Wherever you are. Pick 10 or more

[karlschneider]

people at random that you meet. Ask them "Would you consider voting for Howard Dean for President." You will get some questions: "who?", "what does he say/stand for", etc., but politely repeat the question, like "I really can't go into detail right now, would you care to say if you'd consider voting for him?"

I did this yesterday and today when I was in town running errands (Wagoner, OK) about 25 people.

I'm not going to reveal just yet what I found (did not take notes or record specific responses) but it was very interesting and I believe I have enough information to make a fairly accurate assesment.

Next week I will pick another Democratic candidate and repeat the experiment.

Anybody wanna play?

[mkultra]

1. i cant but

I would really love to know the results when your finished

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. LOL I think you just gave away a major polling secret

"who?"

"I really can't go into detail right now, would you care to say if you'd consider voting for him?"

Now THAT's what I call scientific!

:silly:

[karlschneider]

8. Haha, not sure if you're being sarcastic, but finding out whether the name

is recognized or not is a little bit scientific, isn't it? ;-)

[DuctapeFatwa]

17. I mean the people who say they don't know who he is but will vote for him

You have to wonder if the corporate polls are all that different ;)

[salin]

3. Interesting...

wouldn't quite work the same here, I would guess. Am in a college town and many folks one might select randomly would know several (if not all - maybe not by name, however) of the candidates. We are not terribly representative of the state, however I would say that we are representative of the party in general. So - perhaps it might be fun to try this out here.

[KittyWampus]

4. I'm Game KS!

I live in a small town and will go from shop to shop and ask!

[bearfartinthewoods]

5. i.ve been doing that for months

geph lieberman kerry dean edwards, in that order.

[karlschneider]

6. I didn't mean to steal your modus operandi, do you care to share any

results you've gotten?

[bearfartinthewoods]

20. i do it with customers

i live in pubbie hell so i'm generally asking pubbies

work the conversation around to politics
flatter them...well, joe, you.ve always struck me as the kind of guy who keeps an open mind...yada yada

and then the question, sooo, if you had to vote for a dem, which one would it be?

if i get an answer it's geph, lieberman, kerry, dean, clark or edwards
in that order. i'm not in the shop so i canny give you the breakdown right now.

edited because i forgot clark

[sfecap]

7. OK...I just got off a Delta flight...

...and at least 5 people noticed my Dean sticker on my flight bag and remarked positively re Dean. They sure all knew who he was. One of the individuals was a very well known actor who was travelling with his wife.

They are Dean supporters. :-)

[karlschneider]

9. A Delta flight? No jumpseats available on ********? haha

;-)

whatever it takes to get rid of bunnypants.

Outer marker inbound.
;-)

[sfecap]

11. We weren't running a flight from ABQ today....

The chimps days are winding down. LOL.

[karlschneider]

13. Just raggin' on ya. Glad you got home. Happy new year. Hopefully.

:D

[sfecap]

14. Not home...on the way to Europe in the AM...

Then HKG, then ANC, then home and skiing for the rest of the month!

Happy New Year!

[karlschneider]

16. Ohhhhh....well, say hi to Zulu time and have a safe trip. eom

[Sean Reynolds]

10. You going to tell us the actor's name?

;-)

[sfecap]

12. I'd rather not...

...although I think it might be public knowledge. But in the interest of discretion....:-)

[Cheswick2.0]

15. you know, I did that!

I must have asked 2 or 3 hundred people at First Night... maybe it was 2 or 3 thousand...er million, yeah it was 2 or 3 million. I asked them what they knew about Dean and if they would vote for him. 100 percent said he was great and not only would they vote for him but they believed he would kick the ass of every other democrat in the race and then Dubya a few months later.

[karlschneider]

18. All Right! That's the kind of research I'm looking for!

It agrees with my findings, about 5 percent, or 50, no, 100 %. Somewhere in that range.
;-)

[DemDogs]

19. Did this in the South over Christmas - no Dean voters

Not one, and they were afraid for their congressman, too, that he would lose in the ensuing landslide. All good Dems.