Al Gore is surprise choice of Scottsdale Dems

[rosesaylavee]

Lesley Wright
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 21, 2007 11:17 AM

SCOTTSDALE - Democrats in District 8, which covers most of Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, surprisingly chose non-candidate Al Gore as their favorite presidential nominee in a recent straw poll.

Of the announced candidates, John Edwards took the popularity prize with 29 percent of the vote on the second ballot.
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Gore won the first choice by 51 percent, followed by Edwards with 17 percent, national front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton with 14 percent, Sen. Barack Obama by 9 percent, Sen. Joe Biden by 6 percent and Rep. Dennis Kucinich by 3 percent.

Edwards won the popularity vote by 29 percent, followed by Gore with 26 percent, Obama with 19 percent, Clinton with 14 percent, Kucinich with 6 percent, Biden with 4 percent and Richardson with 2 percent.

More at link: http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0821sr-poll0822gore-ON.html

[JTFrog]

1. That is wild!!!!

RUN AL RUN!!!

[rosesaylavee]

5. Hopefully this part of the groundswell of support

that will really take off when he announces... hopefully... this fall.

[Mabus]

2. That is amazing

You know what struck me? Straw poll participants are usually hardcore Dems. Who else is thinking about presidential politics at this time besides us junkies? This bodes very well. The people want Gore to run and more people are joining the call for him to do so.

[rosesaylavee]

4. In SCOTSDALE no less...

McCain territory.

People are bone tired of politics as usual. Gore would be a breath of fresh, clean air.

[stubtoe]

3. It would be such a shame if he chooses to not run in '08.

nt

[rosesaylavee]

6. It would be devastating. But I am confident he will.

[politicasista]

7. That's cool n/t