Nearly half of Dean's online support comes from CA, WA and NY

[DJcairo]

These are numbers from the "Help Win Your State" section:http://pledge.deanforamerica.com/winState.php
Pledges Per State:
1 CA 2559
2 NY 1311
3 WA 1040
4 FL 772
5 TX 764
6 PA 631
7 MA 607
8 IL 565
9 VA 558
10 OH 552
11 MD 500
12 OR 486
13 VT 480
14 MI 480
15 AZ 427
16 NC 372
17 GA 368
18 CO 362
19 MN 353
20 WI 343
21 NJ 334
22 NH 317

Perhaps they ought to change it to deanforcalifornia.com!

[pruner]

1. distorting the truth doesn't make your candidate any more popular

477,102 people have signed up for the Dean campaign.

almost 127,000 have signed up for Dean MeetUps.

the #s you posted respresent less than 1% of Dean's supporters.

[DJcairo]

3. At least 25% of your beloved 450,000 are people who support

other candidates and are signed up for Dean campaign updates. Nearly every Kerry supporter I know is also signed up on Dean's site. I am myself and it's not because I intend on voting for Dean in my primary.

[pruner]

6. if all Kerry's supporters have signed up at Dean's site than…

I guess the number drops from 477,102 to 477,083.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

15. LOL

Sorry, that was funny!

[displacedtexan]

20. here are a few more kerry supporters

scroll down.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=66152

[Nazgul35]

22. just as I get Kerry updates...

and I support Dean...so you can subtract me from your total...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. LOL.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. 2 of the 3 most populous states!

What's your point?

[Rose Siding]

8. Maybe a tribute?

To Dean's innovation in running a campaign like no other?

Or a complaint that the same information about other candidates isn't available? :shrug:

[J B]

4. Why don't you compare these #'s with population statistics.

Or have you even thought of that...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Of course not.

Crap meet fan. Fan, crap.

[whirlygigspin]

13. nice list

if you add up the electoral college votes from that list
you get 370!

remember that number!

:)

[hedda_foil]

7. Sorry, DJ. Those numbers aren't just supporters ...

they're people who have noticed a small (out of the way) button on the blog that takes you to a pledge to vote for Dean in your primary or caucus. It's never been publicized except an occasional blog plug and has only been up a few days. Since nearly half of Dean's 450,000 supporters at the end of Q3 donated to his campaign, I'd say your idea that most of the signups are casual is WAY off the mark. There's never been a response rate anywhere near as high as this in politics or marketing. NEVER. It's unheard of. And it's as high this past quarter, or higher, than it was in Q2 when it might have been a fluke. Nope. This is the real deal, DJ.

[sandnsea]

9. Well this is silly

Dean is popular, especially with people who are joiners and inclined to go for 'Meetups' in the first place. Kerry people are workhorses who have better things to do than attend pep rallies. It's just a difference in personality types, that's all.

[pruner]

10. LOL

you sound like a Republican trying to rationalize why Bush's re-elect #s are so low by saying it's because Democrats are the only ones home when the pollsters call… Repubs are too busy working.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. Nice to know that we're "joiners" now.

I guess that's a step better than being "cultists!"

:shrug:

[Cha]

18. Not this Dean Supporter! I am definetly Not a "joiner"!

I just "Want My Country Back"! :kick:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. Shut up and drink your Kool-Aid, zidz!

Dean doesn't need yappers, he needs mindless, marionette robots to control the world!

[whirlygigspin]

14. what a vile pile

joiners, bla bla bla bla.

Try fiber in your diet.

[KaraokeKarlton]

17. Meetups aren't "rallies"

They are organizational meetings where people plan campaign activities and actually DO work. The meetup in my area is highly organized and the local campaign staffers attend each week. We have an incredibly active Dean Corps and there are things going on constantly. Kerry supporters discounting the power of meetups is a perfect example of why his campaign is all stuffy, dull and lackluster. I know you like the guy, and I'm not begrudging you that, but meetup is an awesome TOOL that Kerry's campaign COULD be utilizing and it appears that he chooses not to. That's just plain dumb.

[goobergunch]

12. State Population Ranks

1 CA
2 TX
3 NY
4 FL
5 IL
6 PA
7 OH
8 MI
9 NJ
10 GA
11 NC
12 MA

EDITED for more states

[RevolutionStartsNow]

16. Damn goobergunch you're going to mess up this thread

with those darn facts!

And it was starting out so nicely, too...

I was waiting to hear from DJ how all those CA/NY/WA people managed to get themselves polled in New Hampshire and give Dean such a big lead there!

[goobergunch]

19. I can't help it

I'm a "fact nazi".

;-)