HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT 2008

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2008 Straw Poll results Barack Obama, 33%; Hillary Clinton, 24%
by vamonticello, Sat Jun 16, 2007 at 04:00:21 PM EST

DEMOCRATS RELEASE THE RESULTS
OF `STRAW POLL' ON THE CANDIDATES
The Redding Democratic Town Committee conducted a "straw poll" on June 10 at the Georgetown Day festival. The poll, which was nonscientific and permitted registered Democrats, Republicans and independents from Redding and surrounding towns to participate, asked which of the potential Democratic candidates voters would like to see head the national Democratic ticket as the party's nominee. The results are as follows: Barack Obama, 33%; Hillary Clinton, 24%; Al Gore (write in), 13%; John Edwards, 10%; Bill Richardson, 6%; Chris Dodd, 5%; Joe Biden, 4%; and Dennis Kucinich, 4%. (Note: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.)


If only Democratic voters are counted, the party's registrants indicated the following results: Hillary Clinton, 28%; Barack Obama, 27%; Al Gore (write in), 15%; John Edwards, 12%; Dennis Kucinich, 6%; Bill Richardson, 5%; Joe Biden, 4%; and Chris Dodd, 4%. (Note: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.)

Fifty percent of participating independent and Republican voters favored Barack Obama as the nominee of the Democratic Party.

here's the link http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish /redding/19336.shtml







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nice straw polls..The thing i'll take from those numbers is, independents and republicans likes Obama..50% of independents and republicans voting for Obama is a lot..

It might not make the leftist blogs happy, but for Obama to beat hillary, he will have to court those folks that arent partisan democrats.



by JaeHood on Sat Jun 16, 2007 at 04:07:19 PM EST



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or he will have to convince enough partison dems not to cut off thier nose to spite thier face with Hillary.


Obama! because 51% isn't enough!
by nevadadem on Sat Jun 16, 2007 at 04:08:44 PM EST
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Many states don't allow independants or republicans (be they moderate or otherwise) to vote in a democratic primary. Some states do allow cross-over voting, but people don't generally do so in large numbers. NH indys do tend to vote in whichever primary is showing all the action and currently they are saying they intend to vote in the democratic primary, but that could change. People also aren't likely to re-register enmass in order to vote in a democratic primary.

Obama would need indys and moderate republicans for a big win in the general, but they aren't going to do him much good in the primary. He's going to have to convince democrats in order to become the democratic nominee