Final Common Iowan Straw Poll (Updated)

I am posting the final Common Iowan Straw Poll before the Iowa caucuses, asking who do you support to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2008.

Here are the results from November.

The poll will run until January 2nd and will be located in the upper left of the page.

**Update**
I had some problems with the layout of the blog. While trying to fix it, the results of the poll were lost, so I had to reset the poll.

Results of the November Common Iowan Straw Poll

The voting for the November Common Iowa Straw Poll ended earlier this week. A record 684 voters were cast.

Here are the results (September results in parenthesis)...

Chris Dodd 23% (45%)
Joe Biden 19% (2%)
Barack Obama 19% (11%)
John Edwards 17% (30%)
Dennis Kucinich 11% (1%)
Bill Richardson 4% (11%)
Hillary Clinton 3% (2%)

The results don't mean much, except to give a little insight on how strong a candidates support is online. Last month's winners (Dodd, Edwards, and Richardson) weren't nearly as strong this month. While Biden, Obama, and Kucinich increased their numbers. I did track visitors coming from Biden's and Obama's campaign blog, while some Dodd supporters came via Facebook.

I will post a new poll right before the caucuses.

November Common Iowan Presidential Straw Poll

It's time for another Common Iowan Presidential Straw Poll. This poll will run for 2 weeks.

Chris Dodd supporters flocked to the last straw poll and propelled Dodd to the victory. Here is a look at the results from September...

1. Chris Dodd 43%
2. John Edwards 30%
3. Bill Richardson 11%
4. Barack Obama 7%
5. Hillary Clinton 2%
6. Joe Biden 2%
7. Dennis Kucinich 1%
8. Mike Gravel 0%

You can see results from past polls in March, August 2006 and from April 2006.

Results of the Common Iowa Presidential Straw Poll

About a month ago, I posted a poll asking who do you support to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2008.

In the past, these polls have been somewhat of a decent showing of what readers of this blog thought. However, this poll caught on with supporters from the Dodd, Richardson, and Edwards campaigns and the results are skewed in that direction. The interesting thing however, is that many of the people who voted for Chris Dodd seemed to come to the site from Facebook. The poll was posted on a Richardson blog and that drove much of his votes. I couldn't find any pattern that showed where the Edwards supporters came from. There was 905 votes in the poll.

Here are the results...

1. Chris Dodd 43%
2. John Edwards 30%
3. Bill Richardson 11%
4. Barack Obama 7%
5. Hillary Clinton 2%
6. Joe Biden 2%
7. Dennis Kucinich 1%
8. Mike Gravel 0%

You can see results from past polls here.

March Presidential Poll Results

The results are in from the March Straw Poll. The poll question was who do you support for the Democratic Nominee for President in 2008? 240 votes were cast in the poll.

Here are the results...

1. John Edwards 40%
2. Barack Obama 31%
3. Bill Richardson 10%
4. Hillary Clinton 8%
5. Joe Biden 5%
6. Dennis Kucinich 3%
7. Chris Dodd 3%
8. Mike Gravel 1%

New Straw Poll Up

I just posted a new straw poll asking who do you support for the Democratic Nomination for President in 2008. The last straw poll was back in August. Here are the results from August, with 92 votes cast...

1. Russ Feingold 27%
2. John Edwards 22%,
3. Al Gore 12%
4. Tom Vilsack 9%
4. Wesley Clark 9%
6. Mark Warner 5%
7. Hillary Clinton 4%
8. John Kerry 3%
8. Bill Richardson 3%
10. Joe Biden 2%
11. Evan Bayh 1%
12. Tom Daschle 0%

5 of the top 6 vote getters have said they are not running or haven't made an announcement yet. It will be interesting to see the new results.

The poll is located on the left sidebar and will run through the end of the month.

Results of the August Straw Poll

Here are the results with 92 votes being tallied.

August Straw Poll: Who do you support for the Democratic Nomination for President in 08? April Results are in parenthesis.

1. Russ Feingold 29% (35%)
2. John Edwards 22% (12%)
3. Al Gore 12% (14%)
4. Tom Vilsack 9% (5%)
4. Wesley Clark 9% (-)
6. Mark Warner 5% (19%)
7. Hillary Clinton 4% (1%)
8. John Kerry 3% (2%)
9. Bill Richardson 3% (6%)
10. Joe Biden 2% (2%)
11. Evan Bayh 1% (4%)
12. Tom Daschle 0% (-)

The big winner is John Edwards, who jumped up 10% points. The biggest loser was Mark Warner who dropped 14%. Wesley Clark and Tom Daschle weren't included in April's poll. Clark did well getting 9% of the vote. Daschle didn't get any votes, so he might get replaced with Chris Dodd the next time around.

Looking at the big picture, the candidates with the most votes are the non-DLC candidates. 4 of the top 5 are non-DLC candidates. The highest vote getting DLC candidate is Vilsack.

How do the results compare to the number of visits each candidate has made to Iowa? Here is a look at how many trips the candidates have made to Iowa since Nov. 2004. 3 candidates have spent more than 10 days in Iowa. Edwards has been here the most and he got 2nd in the poll. Bayh has spent the 2nd most days in Iowa with 7 trips and spending 16 days in the state. With just 1%, the readers of this blog must not be very impressed with what they see. Biden has spent 12 days in Iowa, but most of them have been in the past couples weeks.

I will have another straw poll up in November following the election.

New Straw Poll Posted about 2008 Candidate

I posted a new poll about who the Democratic Nominee for President should be in 2008. I posted a similar poll back in April. Here are the results of the April poll...

1. Russ Feingold 35%
2. Mark Warner 19%
3. Al Gore 14%
4. John Edwards 12%
5. Bill Richardson 6%
6. Tom Vilsack 5%
7. Evan Bayh 4%
8. John Kerry 2%
8. Joe Biden 2%
10. Hillary Clinton 1%

I have added Wesley Clark and Tom Daschle to the list of candidates this month.

Please vote. The poll is located in the right hand column.

2008 Straw Poll for April: Final Results

April showers have made way for May flowers, so the April straw poll is closed. Here are the final results with 84 votes being tallied...

1. Russ Feingold 35%
2. Mark Warner 19%
3. Al Gore 14%
4. John Edwards 12%
5. Bill Richardson 6%
6. Tom Vilsack 5%
7. Evan Bayh 4%
8. John Kerry 2%
8. Joe Biden 2%
10. Hillary Clinton 1%

Hillary who? Personally, I think the people that think Hillary will be the nominee tend to be Republicans and this poll shows that. The readers of this blog don't want the same old faces we had in 2004 and it doesn't seem that Vilsack would run away with Iowa if he runs. To see how many visits to Iowa potential candidates have made check Iowa Politics.

Thanks for everyone who voted. I will post another 2008 Straw Poll this summer. In May, I will have a poll on the Governor's race.

2008 Straw Poll for April: Midway point

April is over half done, so I thought I'd post about the results so far. As of Monday night, there are 67 votes and a few surprises. Here are the results so far.

1. Russ Feingold 34%
2. Mark Warner 18%
3. John Edwards 12%
3. Al Gore 12%
5. Bill Richardson 7%
6. Tom Vilsack 6%
7. Evan Bayh 4%
8. John Kerry 3%
9. Joe Biden 1%
9. Hillary Clinton 1%

April Straw Poll: 2008 Demcratic Nominee for President

I made a straw poll for the 2008 Democratic Nominee for President. Krusty Konservative has one for the Republican side (which has Romney beating Pataki right now), so I thought I would make one for the Good Guys. You can find the Democratic poll on the right hand side above the links.

So, who do you support for the Democratic Nominee for President in 2008?

I will probably do one of these polls every other month.
Thanks for taking the time to vote.

**Update**
I woke this morning, looked at the poll, and realized that I left Wesley Clark off the poll. I will put Clark on the next poll. I guess this is his punishment for skipping Iowa in 2004.