2008 Democratic Presidential Primary

[William769]

Surveys conducted last week identified three notable swings in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

First, in both the daily Presidential Tracking Poll and the weekly Rasmussen Reports numbers, Hillary Clinton reached her highest level of support thus far. In the daily numbers, Clinton reached 49% on Sunday morning and she is at 46% for the full week ending October 14. That’s up four points from the week before and two points higher than her previous peak reached in the first week of August.

Second, core opposition for all Presidential candidates has grown since summer. For much of the year, Clinton was the only candidate with core opposition approaching the 50% mark but now the rest of the field has caught up. Five of the seven leading candidates (four Republican, three Democrat) now have more than 40% of all voters committed to voting against them. The other two (McCain and Thompson) face core opposition of 39%. In addition to its impact on Election 2008, a commentary by Douglas Schoen says that the “cynicism of the American people is only hardening and deepening.”

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_democratic_presidential_primary

[Enrique]

1. maybe we should vote against candidates instead of for them

change the voting system to a Survivor-style one.

[Froward69]

2. Thats what it has become

now. The more money you have, the further you go... Regardless if you are not the best Candiate for the job.

[slick8790]

3. I dunno if you were serious, but I actually kind of like that idea.

People vote out candidates, and those supporters of the eliminated candidates vote for their second or third choice. I think it'd create a way different dynamic where it'd be good to be someone's second choice, instead of either being first or not mattering.