Yesterday, in parallel with kos's straw poll I ran a rate-them-all, —10 to 10 poll with two write-in slots. 252 people followed the link and took the poll.
In short: Al Gore dominated the write-in slots, but only enough to come in second behind John Edwards. Obama is pretty well liked in 3rd but has a few detractors. Right behind him is Bill Richardson who is definitely liked but mostly not passionately. Clark and Feingold have a few fans who will write them in enough to have an impact. Chris Dodd gets a collective shrug of the shoulders but he isn't unliked. Mike Gravel is the most unknown, receiving the fewest ratings of any of the ballot candidates. Joe Biden has a wide spread which averages a bit negative. Hillary Clinton gets the most —10 votes but has more supporters than the new least-favorite-Dem-presidential-hopeful, Dennis Kucinich who this month newly takes last place in this poll and I think that has to be driven by his recent Fox appeasement strategy.
And now, more data. Ratings, 2nd place picks, and who are we the voters?
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