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EV_Ares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:41 AM
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Unconsciously, many favor Kucinich - From Des Moines Register
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 10:41 AM by EV_Ares
Don't panic, but there's a chance you aren't supporting the presidential candidate you most agree with on the issues.

As we stumble toward the primary/caucus season, millions of voters (or at least dozens) are going online and taking surveys that match them with candidates. And they're not automatically matching up with their favorite candidates.

This happened four years ago when the Democrats were trying to figure out how to beat George Bush. Most of them wanted Kerry or Edwards or Dean.

But surprise, surprise. When they punched in their select-a-candidate surveys, Kucinich's name kept blinking back at them on the computer screen.

That's the Dennis Kucinich whose poll numbers were below sea level, the Kucinich nobody took seriously, the Kucinich who never had a chance.

Kathleen Ferguson of Des Moines says nothing has changed four years later. She found one of those surveys on the Web site of WQAD-TV in the Quad Cities. She answered the 11 multiple-choice questions and decided how important each issue was to her.

((entire article @ link below))

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071023/NEWS03/710230386/-1/NEWS04

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:42 AM
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1. so, what the hell are they afraid of?---
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EV_Ares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 11:23 AM
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7. Good question rodeodance.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:43 AM
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2. If there was a UFO question on the survey, he would get even more votes.
lol
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:45 AM
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3. I was telling my grandparents this last night
They're fairly liberal - voted for Kennedy and proud of it, hate Bush with a passion. They'd never even heard of Kucinich :(
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sailor65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:50 AM
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4. He's already my pick
consciously or otherwise!
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:54 AM
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5. Anyone know where to find one of the 'blind' online surveys?
There are a lot of people I'd like to send that to.
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hijinx87 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:55 AM
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6. duplicate thread, I believe . . .
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