Migration Poll - Where did we all start before we joined to support Senator Obama?

[grantcart]

If you had multiple candidates before Obama select the one that you felt the strongest about.

[TheDonkey]

1. OBAMA !

[Tesha]

2. Gore -> Kucinich -> Edwards -> Obama.

'Gave $500 to Kucinich, but the fool campaign never
even deposited the check! That's okay, now we still
have some money left over to give to Obama ;).

Tesha

[lumberjack_jeff]

33. Gore -> Kucinich -> Edwards -> Clinton -> Obama

I guess the Rolling Stones said it best.

[BklynChick]

3. Obama from the day he announced.

[Cha]

57. If I had known about that "speech" I

would have been right there with ya. It took me until right before the Iowa primaries 'cause I see from my emails that I donated to Obama right before.

[Raine]

61. Me too...

I was for Edwards didn't really know much about Obama. After Edwards dropped out I started paying attention to Obama. If I had listened to him before I would've been for him right from the start. :bounce:

[Cha]

63. It's been a wild ride but we did it!

:bounce: :patriot: :patriot: :kick: :party:

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

But I am now on-board.

[grantcart]

14. and I am very glad to see you here.

[PBS Poll-435]

18. Thank you, sir!

Glad to be here.

[bunkerbuster1]

5. I liked Edwards a bit more--my concern was that Obama was "too nice"

Obama started winning me over when he addressed that "too nice" issue in a debate. Once Edwards was out, I gladly supported Obama (but would've voted for Clinton, of course, had she won.)

Easy to forget what a fine field of candidates we had to choose from this time around.

[newmajority]

6. I was holding out for Gore

Didn't really accept that he was sitting this one out until about last October. I was "unaffiliated" after that until Iowa. Initially, I thought Obama would be Gore's VP and then be elected himself in 2016.

[JaneQPublic]

27. Me, too. (nt)

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Self delete

[Patsy Stone]

8. Obama from the start.

Gobama!

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Kucinich to Nobody to Obama

:)

[Muttocracy]

19. Biden -> Nobody for a while -> Obama :)

[terrya]

10. Senator Hillary Clinton

That's where I was.

[nyc 4 Biden]

11. Obama >> BIDEN >> Obama n/t

[5thGenDemocrat]

12. Voted Kucinich here in Michigan

So all the talk about votes not counting didn't apply to me. Mine counted, as did the others in the three percent Dennis accumulated here in the Great Lakes State.
John
For the fat lot of good it did.

[TahitiNut]

16. Ditto (Kucinich -> hesitation -> Edwards -> long hesitation -> Obama)

:patriot:

[featherman]

13. Invited to an Obama organizational meeting in Nov 07 - made up mind that evening

[Adelante]

15. Clark --> Obama nt

[papapi]

17. Obama> Obama> Obama> Obama> Obama> Obama> *smile*

[SuperTrouper]

20. We were with Obama in my family

since he announced for the Presidency last year.

[grantcart]

45. welcome to DU

[SeaLyons]

21. Senator Hillary Clinton

Now I say, let's kick McSame's ass.

[LSK]

22. thats funny, Edwards was winning these polls consistantly before Iowa

[grantcart]

30. well I was curious how our memories would be lol

On November 5th we probably would get an entirely different response again.

I think a lot of people that were ambivalent remember their Obama preference a little bit better than the rest.

[tekisui]

39. People cycle in and out,

and some forget where they started.

[Beregond2]

23. K - E - O

Kucinich first, as he was best on the issues, though I knew he had no chance. Then Edwards, because I liked his feistiness, his willingness to put the blame where it belongs, and his focus on class divisions. When he dropped out, I went to Obama immediately. I too was worried about his conciliatory approach, and racist opposition to him. But he has put my concerns about those things to rest.

[eridani]

42. That pretty much sums it up for me

I like jpgraz's sigfile--

100% behind Dennis Kucinich...um....90& behind John Edwards.....OK....80% behind Barack Obama

[WeDidIt]

24. I started out supporting Obama for President on October 2, 2002

That was teh first time I ever heard him speak.

[NatBurner]

44. me too

ironically, i had the same feeling about bill clinton before he announced

[WeDidIt]

47. Obama didn't announce on October 2, 2002

;)

Obama gave a speech as a state Senator in Illinois on that date.

I happened to be in Federal Plaza the day he gave it and my immediate thought was, "this man should be president."

[TexasObserver]

25. Senator Edwards

[cbayer]

26. Open mind, except anti-Edwards

Then Clinton/Obama, then Obama/Clinton

Now, Obama and will support whatever the ticket holds (but would still like Clinton on it).

[TheDoorbellRang]

28. Gore > Biden/Dodd > Obama

Don't know if I should really count Biden or Dodd. They were out before I really got a chance to recover from Gore never entering the race.

[Indenturedebtor]

29. Kucinich - Edwards - Obama n/t

[harun]

31. Me 2 (n/t)

[Blue Belle]

32. Gore > Edwards > Obama...

:)

[marions ghost]

40. thats me too

Gore > Edwards > Obama

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. Edwards will always have my heart and best wishes.

I really wanted his wife to run.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

35. DK

[goodgd_yall]

36. Kooch to Edwards to Clinton to Obama n/t

[myrna minx]

37. Kucinich, Edwards, Obama.

[crankychatter]

38. Carol Mosley Braun - nt

[That Is Quite Enough]

41. Kucinich -> Edwards -> Obama

[cindydivine]

43. I was for John Edwards

[PylesMalfunction]

46. Edwards --> reluctantly Obama --> whole-heartedly Obama -->

Now I'm ready to take no prisoners to get Obama in the WH. :D

[thoughtcrime1984]

48. Obama, but had a brief time of Kucinich as my #1.

I really like Kucinich's actions in the House, and believe he is "all in" for the people. However, I came back to Obama, because I felt he had stronger leadership qualities. I wish he would adopt more of Dennis' plans, such as single-payer healthcare, but that probably would have hindered his chances to win the nom, which is ridiculous. God forbid one is labeled "too liberal", although it is a badge of honor here, and I am glad for that, anyway.

[grantcart]

52. I think everyone in here basically agrees with Kucinich on a policy level

The reason we don't have single payer healthcare, IMHO, is because we don't have a parlimentary system so making large changes are almost impossible. We have to work incrementally and back door it, unless we are able to sweep 10 seats in the Senate.

[Rambis]

49. Edwards (nm)

x

[charlie and algernon]

50. I was with Obama ever since I was on stage with him in 2006

He came for a Casey-Rendell rally in Philadephia and I was working for a local race at the time and was chosen to be on stage with all the politicos. Obama had command of the theatre the moment he walked on stage and gave an amazing speech on hope and democracy. I was firmly in his camp as a result.

[futureliveshere]

51. Senator Clinton then Senator Obama from Oct 2007

[TBF]

53. I've been for Obama since the 2004 speech and was thrilled when he announced -

but I must admit my softspot for Richardson. Whenever I take the little internet quizzes designed to tell you which candidate you agree with, I always agree most closely with Richardson on the issues. But I knew when I saw Obama speaking in 2004 that he was our best chance to recapture the white house (especially if Gore declined to run again).

[grantcart]

54. kick

[Cha]

55. Fun poll.. I liked Edwards the best

and knew nothing about Obama but as time went on I gravitated.

John Edwards has not disappointed me, though..I knew he was sincere and I'm so thrilled that Elizabeth is going to be working with Obama on Health Care and I'm thinking John will doing something important with Poverty Eradication.

[grantcart]

64. yes and I knew we had atleast one Republican convert lol

[Hippo_Tron]

56. Obama and I was a Kerry supporter in the primaries last time

So I'm 2 for 2.

[Fox Mulder]

58. Gore, Kucinich, Edwards, Obama

[Raine]

59. Edwards but he dropped out before I could

vote for him so I voted for Obama in the CA Primary. :-)

[Warren DeMontague]

60. Gore--->Kucininch (briefly)--->Dodd--->Obama

Then there was that excellent Samson--->Ship of Fools--->Sailor--->Saint, but that was a different year.

[marlakay]

62. Gore to Obama

I held out as long as I could but I don't mind being an Obama supporter. He'll be fine and I hear he calls Gore and asks for advice. I hope he can put Gore somehow in charge of the environment.

[sniffa]

65. Kucinich/Dodd - kinda almost Edwards - Obama

I voted for Dodd. He needs DU love, and I really wanted to see him do better than he did.

[NorthAmerican]

Sen. Obama from the start. n/t

[NorthAmerican]

66. Sen. Obama from the start. n/t

[tokenlib]

67. I was hoping for Clark or Gore...Then split between Obama and Edwards...

Then I liked what Obama had to say and decided he had the momentum...

[Khaotic]

68. Here in Iowa ...

I looked over all of them and gave them all a chance.

I was close to going Edwards, but I watched his house floor speech over and over and over and over on why he was saying yes to giving the president the blank check to invade Iraq.

Then I watched his DNC speech on the same thing. Amid boos from progressives he became frustrated and emphasized his points harder and harder.

He sounded just like the other side.

That coupled w/ the zero fight he put up to get Ohio recounted in '04 made me look at Obama harder.

After listening to Obama I knew he was the guy to take back the White House.

GOBAMA!

[Zhade]

69. DK, then no one, then against clinton but still for no one (Tuzla did it for me), then for Obama.

NT!

[grantcart]

70. kick

[Phillycat]

71. Edwards -> Clinton -> the Democratic nominee.

By default Obama. Of course he will get my vote. Who the hell else am I going to vote for? I don't have much choice.

[TCJ70]

72. Edwards -> Obama...nt

[onetwo]

73. Looks like Obama/Edwards would be the REAL unity ticket.

They certainly seemed like a good team in the debates.

On topic, I was cautiously for Obama in the beginning (didn't know much about him, thought he had no chance). Now my support for him is firm.

[helderheid]

74. Obama ---> Gore ----> Edwards ----> Obama

[Lisa0825]

75. Gore > Edwards > Obama

I voted Edwards, but it was Gore first.