Gore, Feingold Top Presidential Straw Poll

[im10ashus]

The results are in. More than 13,000 readers cast their straw vote in AlterNet's reader survey and poll conducted during the last two weeks of June. Readers came out in droves to state their preference for Al Gore as Democratic Presidential candidate for 2008.

Gore, whose popularity appears to be growing with the success of his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, received 35 percent of the vote, followed by Senator Russ Feingold at 20 percent and former vice presidential candidate John Edwards at 11 percent. Wesley Clark received 4 percent, and John Kerry and Mark Warner 2 percent.

The big surprise in the survey is that Senator Hillary Clinton, whom many in the corporate media suggest is the front runner for the nomination, only received 7 percent of the vote. This is particularly surprising since 53 percent of the survey respondents were women. One possible reason for Senator Clinton's poor showing and Gore's popularity is that 24 percent of our survey participants chose the war in Iraq as their top priority issue. Hillary Clinton has not shown any leadership on the issue or been among those pushing for an end to the bloodshed.

On the heels of the Iraq war, 16 percent of readers tagged global warming as their priority issue. (Gore's film on that topic is now the fourth highest grossing documentary of all time.) Fourteen percent picked health care, and 1 percent alternative energy policy as their priorities.

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http://www.alternet.org/story/38849/

[kwolf68]

1. Finally

These are my top two choices.

[im10ashus]

2. Mine as well.

In no particular order either. I'll take them both, VP or President. Makes no difference.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. That sounds so perfect

I wonder if I can add 4 more letters to my name,:bounce:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. They're In My Top Two For Sure. nt

[skipos]

5. Dean and Kucinich lead this poll before the 2004 election

correct? I remember reading that somewhere.

[Minnesota Libra]

6. They would be my top pick for 08 - OMG, that would be too perfect nt

[zalinda]

7. Never happen

These are lefty votes and while Feingold may be known by the Internet left, no one else knows him. I'd rather have Gore or Kerry or both. The public knows them and it will be a much easier battle to win.

zalinda