Kucinich Won Wash. State Dem Party Straw Poll, But As With Va., Party Chose Not To Announce It

[Hissyspit]

Kucinich Won Washington State Democratic Party Straw Poll, But As With Virginia, the Party Chose Not to Announce It

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29898

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/129003.asp

Strange Bedfellows
Seattle

Oh, THAT poll
State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz said Friday he wasn't aware of any polls assessing support for presidential candidates among Democratic voters likely to attend the Feb. 9 caucuses. But after the P-I published an article reflecting that, a couple of savvy readers cried foul.

It seems that the state party itself conducted a straw poll in late 2007, soliciting responses from the thousands of people on its email list. The result was a narrow first-place finish for Dennis Kucinich.

On Monday, Pelz said that didn't quite count:

"The Kucinich people, to their credit as we acknowledge, they got people tro send in responses for Kucinich," Pelz said. "But that doesn't rise to the level of a scientific poll of Washington state caucus-goers."

Posted by Gregory Roberts at January 7, 2008 4:35 p.m.
Categories: 2008 Presidential Election, political polls, Seattle politics

[Breeze54]

1. He announced it on the front page yesterday!!

:wtf:

I just didn't post it yet! :P

[Mr_Monday]

2. Kucinich always wins in this area,

We're the coffee drinking, hemp-wearing, hybrid driving, vegan set that he resonates with.
I'm not any of those, BTW, except for coffee drinking (god I love the stuff.)

[Breeze54]

3. I'm none of those but don't you DARE touch my Hazlenut!

:P

[lvx35]

4. I'm a Greener in Olympia and I endorse this message...nt

[Naturyl]

5. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing hemp

Have no intention of ever going vegan, and I don't drive anything because I'm too poor to own a car.

In fact, I'm a broke redneck in Alabama. And DK is my choice. :)

[Uncle Sinister]

6. It is a medical impossibility to survive a northwest winter without...

massive, regular infusions of stoopid strong caffinated beverages.

Just remember, friends don't let friends drink Starbucks.

*Portland says hello to Seattle* :toast:

ps...never understood wasting good hemp on clothing...I inhaled

[regnaD kciN]

7. This poll was pretty obscure...

I live in Washington, and I never heard of it before. It certainly seems to have had a fairly small sample.

[eridani]

9. You have to be an active member of the state party to know about it

Not a random sample by any means, but a good sampling of worker bees.

[eridani]

8. Nope, it isn't a scientific poll of caucus goers

However, it represents a sizeable chunk of the worker bees that Pelz would like to have for his voter registration drive this summer.

[Swamp Rat]

10. k&r

[caseycoon]

11. GO DENNIS! YAY WASHINGTON!

And a big BOO to those who keep him down.
(actually I can think of lots better words for them...)