Kerry People: Whom Do You Prefer, if not Kerry?

[BurtWorm]

Poll question: Kerry People: Whom Do You Prefer, if not Kerry?

[BurtWorm]

1. Those votes better be from Kerry people.

:hi:

[_NorCal_D_]

48. LOL

I choose to look at the thread responses instead of the poll data. B-)

[IndianaGreen]

2. I am not voting in this poll, but I am betting that...

Clark will be the beneficiary, despite the fact that Clark is against IWR and the preemptive war.

[sandnsea]

9. We're electing a President

We already LOST the war debate. I really don't want to try to run on it again next year. We LOST.

When Clark talks on foreign policy and security, it is clear he doesn't need to talk to an advisor to know what to do. That is the kind of credibility anyone who says they were against IWR is going to have to have. A doctor from Vermont just isn't going to cut it.

And nobody was for this unilateral preemptive war and no candidate supports Bush's preemptive doctrine. That's just a total red herring.

Bottom line, I want a candidate who can win. I believe Kerry can, I believe Clark can. The rest I have serious doubts.

[IndianaGreen]

23. We haven't LOST the war debate--the war is still going on!

The Iraqi people don't want to live under an American jackboot, or under an American-sponsored Saddam, like that sniveling puke Chalabi.

People are dying in Iraq everyday, and most of them are innocent Iraqi civilians being killed by American bullets.

We haven't lost the war debate--the war is still going on!

You can expect thousands of antiwar demonstrators at the Republican and Democratic conventions next year.

Get used to it! We won't be silenced until the last American soldier, bureaucrat, and contractor is out of Iraq!

BTW, Kerry did endorse pre-emptive war today in a story posted in LBN.

[creativelcro]

45. I bet that Clarkies are just voting here

as they are on every poll with a Clark box in it :)

[sandnsea]

3. Clark

Kerry people, if you vote please sign in. I used to would have been for Edwards, but Clark is strongest against Bush. I don't want to take any chances. I also like Gephardt because he's always been for the working people.

[oasis]

8. Clark.

[_Jumper_]

4. Kerry is a true liberal

They certainly will not support the two Republican-lite candidates.

[AntiCoup2K4]

13. Yeah... true liberal......

That's why he's got PNAC advisers and wants to appoint James Baker :eyes:

[oasis]

16. Who are the PNAC advisers? Are you sure they're in PNAC?

[_Jumper_]

18. Name his alleged PNAC advisers

Name one Secretary of State that has had a more balanced view of the I/P conflict than James Baker.

[Octafish]

43. Saying something doesn't make it so.

Otherwise, Dean would actually have a record of Democratic accomplishment, instead of that of a GOP lickspittle.

Here's somthing that IS true. Ho-Ho is a draft dodger. That's why, no matter how angry his supporters act, Coward Dean is unelectable.

[La_Serpiente]

5. For me, it was a split between Edwards and Clark

But Clark is the only option up there.

[BurtWorm]

6. I'm having a hard time believing Edwards has a chance.

But maybe you or someone could convince me.

[La_Serpiente]

12. It is not a matter of who has a chance

It is a matter of who I like. Actually, I would have preferred Kucinich to Edwards.

[Lady President]

7. Clark

Edwards and Clark are neck-and-neck for my #2 spot, so I voted for the General.

[KaraokeKarlton]

10. You aren't going to get accurate results from this you know

According to the last presidential poll Kerry has 38 people on DU who listed Kerry as their first choice. It's 2am and you already have 11 votes, 10 of which are for Clark. Almost a third of those DUers who prefer Kerry are here at this hour? Unlikely. There are all kinds of pro Clark threads being posted right now.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon...

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

15. These polls are only for recreation and entertainment purposes.

They are not scientific. ;)

Actually, I'm just trying to get some instant gratification from a nagging question. I am learning that a majority of people who responded to this poll have picked Clark.

[KaraokeKarlton]

17. Um, that's because it's mostly Clark people on here right now

I think they cover the place in shifts, to tell you the truth.

:D

[BurtWorm]

19. I could believe that!

;)

[oasis]

20. To tell you the truth, not everyone lives east of the Mississippi.

[BurtWorm]

21. But how many of you west of the Mississippi are Kerry supporters?

I believe 30 are from Massachusetts alone! (That would leave 8.) ;)

[oasis]

24. Lifelong Dem liberals are aware of Kerry. They're everywhere.

:-)

[KaraokeKarlton]

27. Here's a clue that it's not real Kerry supporters voting

There is only ONE vote that chooses the "It will be Kerry" option. If this were a poll asking the same thing to Dean supporters, ever supporter would be choosing the Dean option. I highly doubt that Kerry supporters would choose Clark and Dean OVER Kerry.

:shrug:

[IndianaGreen]

29. The question is: "Kerry People: Whom Do You Prefer, if not Kerry?"

Assuming that Kerry drops out after SC, who will the Kerry supporters support?

The problem with this poll, as all DU polls, is that we have no way of telling how many of the people voting are really Kerry supporters.

As I said earlier, I am not voting in this poll.

[sandnsea]

30. We must have objectivity

Able to look at the whole picture, the good of the party, the good of the country. Doesn't have to be immature my way or the highway.

[sandnsea]

25. me me me!!!

Lots of Kerry supporters out here. We're environmentalists, remember?

[KaraokeKarlton]

28. These votes aren't people who choose Kerry first, though

except for the one that actually chose Kerry...lol

[oasis]

33. Besides IG who didn't vote, there are clearly non-Kerry folks present.

[sistersofmercy]

39. Me! I'm in Geppy territory, St louis and believe Geppy supporters

will line up behind Kerry if Geppy doesn't make the cut.

[delete_bush]

26. It doesn't take a brain surgeon

or even a rocket scientist. Your math and logic are fuzzy. I'm sure there are more than 38 Kerry supporters on DU, do you think all of them voted in the poll you referenced?

And by the way, DU is not on a time delay, it's real time and on the West Coast it's only 11:30.

Oh, and I also voted Clark.

[zulchzulu]

11. Sharpton

Kidding... I really don't know. Clark or Dean I suppose...not convinced either of them would win but...

[zulchzulu]

14. Maybe Kucinich

I'd have to dust off my bong to believe he'd win though...

[kerryistheanswer]

22. Kucinich or Edwards

You should have included all the candidates. I also like Gephardt.

If either Dean or Clark won, I'd definitely vote him.

[moz4prez]

31. Clark supporter here voting Clark

j/k! j/k!

[BurtWorm]

32. That actually was funny!

After I opened the post, anyway. :o

[NewYorkerfromMass]

34. Edwards- The GOP really IS scared of him

I have heard the most convincing descriptions which point out the following:
1. He could win crucial southern states.
2. He is really bright and articulate.
3. He is incredibly smooth and pleasant and projects positive asscoiations.
4. He, like Clinton, came from a humble background and has the self-made man image.


I like Clark, but his lack of campaign experience make me cautious.

[sistersofmercy]

35. Other=Edwards

[seaglass]

36. Kerry supporter here.

I didn't vote, I can't decide between Edwards and Clark.

[BurtWorm]

40. I honestly don't get the Edwards thing.

Obviously, or I would have included him. I mean he's in the bottom five. What's going to make him come on fire?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

42. Blame the lack of press

he's obviously too boring to bother the sheeple with.

[Padraig18]

37. I wish non-Candidate X's supporters wouldn't vote in these polls.

I'd actually like to know where Kerry's support WOULD go, frankly... :shrug:

[mb7588a]

38. Gephardt

[RevolutionStartsNow]

41. Here's some info from NH about second choice

This is from a poll in NH in mid-Nov:

Likely Democratic primary voters who expressed a preference for a candidate were also asked who their second choice would be in the New Hampshire primary. Overall, voters were rather evenly split between Kerry (21%), Dean (17%), Clark (14%), Edwards (11%), Lieberman (11%), and Gephardt (10%) with 5 percent favoring some other candidate and 11 percent undecided. One-third of Dean voters (30%) say they prefer Kerry as their second choice, 39 percent of Kerry voters say they prefer Dean.

http://www.unh.edu/survey-center/dem111403.pdf

[blm]

44. heh...I doubt these votes are all Kerry people.

Kerry people tend to be liberals who are into progressive solutions, and they're staunch environmentalists, and also believe in the Tough Dove approach to foreign policy and military issues.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

47. as long as it doesn't total more than 73

which is the current DU poll total. It's hard to say why people are choosing Kerry. Do they want a liberal? electability? a military Dem?

[curse10]

46. Clark, Edwards, DK

the order changes daily.