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Obama Wins Politico.com Straw Poll
Senator Barack Obama scored a victory among progressive activists Wednesday, winning the Politico.com Straw Poll of attendees at the "Take Back America" Conference in Washington, according to a report by Politico.com. The results showed that Obama received 29 percent of the 720 votes cast in the straw poll, just beating out former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, and pushing official front-runner Hillary Clinton into third place. Edwards took 26 percent of the vote and Clinton 17 percent. Pollster Stan Greenberg opined: "If you look at this, you see Obama's [supporters'] second choice and Edwards [supporters'] second choice are each other -- in this group, the two of them form the top tier."
Story Continues Below The results may indicate that a majority of the activists surveyed are looking for a choice other than Clinton, according to Politico.com. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson came in fourth with 9 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, Al Gore came in fifth with 8 percent -- although he has not said he is running and was not included in the choices on the ballot. As a write-in, he beat out four declared candidates. "Obama clearly has strength and a base and enthusiasm here among a network of progressive groups and activists," added Greenberg. At Obama's appearance at "Take Back America," Tuesday, he lambasted the Bush Administration for stubbornness and for not believing in the Constitution, also attacking Washington's culture of lobbying.
"They think they own this government but, we are here to tell them today that our government is not for sale and we are taking it back," Obama said to loud applause. Straw polls are unscientific indicators, said Politico.com, and their results are determined in part by who chooses to participate, but the results of the Politico.com survey do suggest that Clinton has more support among liberal activists than might have been predicted from surveys conducted on the internet.
The survey also asked attendees their second choices for president, which mirrored the first-choice findings: Obama led, followed by Edwards, and then Clinton.
The two candidates farthest to the left, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, were warmly received, but received few votes in the straw poll -- just 5 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
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