First Impressions of the Dem Candidates - a survey

[E_Zapata]

This is interesting. I guess instead of candidate bashing on DU, we could just post this link as a response to others when we want to go into the pros or cons about the candidates? Maybe ....

http://americanresearchgroup.com/image/

What are your first impressions of the candidates running for president?

The American Research Group researched verbal and non-verbal reactions of random Democratic primary voter panels in New Hampshire to 14 possible candidates for president. Internet users identifying themselves as Democrats or Independents were then asked to participate in part of the research by providing a word or short phrase to describe a randomly-selected candidate and asked to identify whether they viewed the word or phrase positively or negatively. The results for this portion of the research are presented below for Howard Dean, John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman, and John Edwards

[RevolutionStartsNow]

1. This is hilarious

Dean was called., on the negative side:

"Anti-Christ,"
"Angry,"
"Angry and Bitter," and
"Angry, Rich and Elite" (my favorite).

On the postive side, first impressions included:

"exciting and web-enabled," (!)
"for the people," and
"The next President of the United States" (my other favorite)

The Kerry and Gep ones are funny too.
Edit: Lieberman is there too! He was called "sanctimonius" twice, as well as "name recognition isn't everything." LOL.

Dean gets the most favorable here, by the way. :)

[E_Zapata]

4. I had to crack up at one negative Dean comment:

"Howard Stern is more fun"

That is tough, really tough.

Yah, Dean definitely took the cake for the most positive statements.

[CMT]

2. very interesting

to see how the candidates are preceived. I'm glad that Dean came out looking pretty well.

[George_Bonanza]

3. People are stupid

Equating Dean with communism? Too far left? Anti-religious? WTF are they talking about. If Dean is anti-religious, the whole Democratic party's going straight to hell as well.

[disgruntella]

5. my god... LOL

I really wonder if the candidates (not just their campaign staff) are forced to sit and read these lists about themselves. You'd have to have rhino-thick skin.

Here are some of the "nicer" negatives:
Dean: Strange egomaniac
Kerry: Looks like a rodent
Gephardt: Socialist with no eyebrows
Lieberman: Constipated
Edwards: Boy Band

:wtf:

[E_Zapata]

6. Welcome to America, I guess

Appearances and 1st impressions rule the day.

I was talking to an Indian immigrant to Canada today on the phone and asked him what he thought about the dem pres candidates. He totally discussed the issues and left personalities out of it.

For example, he was saying that in India a military general (like Clark) would be very appealing because of (a) his knowledge of international relations; and (b) it would be good to have have a general as pres because he would instil discipline in the populace by example.

Off the topic here, but I had to point out to him that India and the US are totally different countries. We don't clusters of millions of poverty stricken people occupying small areas of land like India and like China even. Our streets and cities are pretty well ordered.

But I was impressed at how unemotional his opinion was about the candidates. Granted, he is all safe and sound in Canada -- versus me in the fascist USA and versus his countrymen staring down Pakistani nukes.

[janx]

14. "socialist with no eyebrows" definitely came from a freeper type.

Not a dem. or an independent.

[DJcairo]

7. Yea, it's a good examply of Dean freaks hijacking all internet voting

Look at the disparity between Dean and Kerry in online votes. I'm sure they posted a war cry on their "blog" and all of them ran over there to distort yet again public opinion with their online/offline flash mob tactics.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Funny how it's exactly the same in the polls.

Damn Deanie-boopers from Deanbopia!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

9. LOL

Damn those Deanies! Somebody oughta take their computers away!

Hey, Rummy, happy Dean Visibility Day! :hi:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Hey!

I thought every day was "Dean Visibility Day?"

:hi:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

11. The next 10 days...

are going to be amazing...Not to mention the next 12 months.

Now get out there and get visible!

[Upfront]

12. Rummy

you crack me up. Sick um! Go Deannnnnnnnnnnnn!:toast:

[janx]

13. The weird thing I noticed...! There are freeper and right wingnut

expressions in there--Limbaugh, etc. Not all of the voters were Dems or independents...

[Vikingking66]

16. French, the overuse of Socialist, etc. n/t

[Vikingking66]

15. I like how Attractive, Sincere, and McGovern-like was a negative n/t