Kucinich First, Edwards Second in PDA Straw Poll

[endarkenment]

Not surprisingly in a field of eight contenders, no candidate came close to gaining a majority of the total vote in PDA's recently completed presidential straw poll. But two candidates--Dennis Kucinich (41%) and John Edwards (26%)--combined for more than 2/3 of the total vote. Over 15,000 PDA activists voted in the presidential straw poll. Full results here.

After Kucinich and Edwards, only one other candidate-Barak Obama (13%)-made it into double digits. All the rest were in single digits: Hillary Clinton (9%), Bill Richardson (5%), Joe Biden (3%), Chris Dodd (1%), Mike Gravel (less than 1%). In contradiction to media reporting on the primary race, PDA's results parallel those of DFA, Daily KOS, the Texas Democratic Party and others whose polls show very weak support for Clinton among the Democratic base.

PDA was founded largely by activists from the Kucinich '04 campaign (with support also from Dean activists). The Congressman's showing indicates that Progressive Democrats are still in sync with the Kucinich agenda: Out of Iraq; no attack on Iran, single-payer healthcare, fair trade, etc. Sen. Edward's showing suggests that his increasingly progressive message on poverty, trade and confronting corporate power has caught the attention of many PDA activists.

http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-12-05-08-07-19-news.php

[riqster]

1. I'm suprised that Biden wasn't second. nt

[EVDebs]

6. Biden isn't that progressive, meaning his pro-corporate stance

He IS from Delaware, where most corporations register in the US. So he'll be doing their bidden eventually.

[Desertrose]

2. But we never hear about it elsewhere, do we?

Then again, I ignore MSM.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. Why would the MSM

report on an internet poll? It's meaningless.

[emlev]

3. Let's get this heard on DU and far beyond! K&R!

And please pledge and/or help publicize the DK Money Bomb on December 15! (video)

[sakabatou]

4. w00t!