I've been curious since the national head to head matchups between the named democratic and republican candidates show some differing margins what the second choice candidate is for people.
Sure, most democrats would never vote republican and most republicans would never vote for a democrat. There are, however, loads of people who vote for the candidate not the party. So I'm wondering not necessarily who people's first choice is but rather who is their second choice if their first choice does not get the nomination.
I think to get an accurate count any such poll on dkos should not ask for the voter to identify their first choice because peer pressure would skew their true intent. Even though voting in these polls is anonymous, no one wants to see "disloyalty" within their own party.
My theory is that there are a lot more second choice McCain voters or No Voters here than one might assume considering the company we keep. My guess is those numbers in the general electorate could be 7-8% of the total party vote or 15% of the support given to a specific candidate.
So in that spirit I propose that kos or one of his minions on the front page post such a poll. I will post one here in the spirit of my question. Given that dkos is a reported hotbed nowadays for Obama supporters, I fully expect Hillary to win this poll and even though the "maverick" is not popular here, it may be possible, given our demographics, he could make a run for second place.