US Democratic Debate

[emineo]

These are poll results directly following the Democratic debates on Thur, 04/26/07 taken from msnbc.com:

Who stood out from the pack? * 50554 responses
Joe Biden
7%
Hillary Clinton
20%
Chris Dodd
1.7%
John Edwards
13%
Mike Gravel
9.1%
Dennis Kucinich
6.7%
Barack Obama
33%
Bill Richardson
8.9%

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Who showed the most leadership qualities? * 50065 responses
Joe Biden
7.9%
Hillary Clinton
23%
Chris Dodd
2.4%
John Edwards
14%
Mike Gravel
3.6%
Dennis Kucinich
4.7%
Barack Obama
34%
Bill Richardson
10%

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Who was the most convincing candidate? * 47677 responses
Joe Biden
7%
Hillary Clinton
20%
Chris Dodd
2.2%
John Edwards
15%
Mike Gravel
4.2%
Dennis Kucinich
5.7%
Barack Obama
37%
Bill Richardson
9.2%

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Who had the most rehearsed answers? * 47055 responses
Joe Biden
5.8%
Hillary Clinton
43%
Chris Dodd
3.5%
John Edwards
11%
Mike Gravel
2.8%
Dennis Kucinich
4.6%
Barack Obama
21%
Bill Richardson
7.7%

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Who avoided the questions? * 46110 responses
Joe Biden
9.2%
Hillary Clinton
37%
Chris Dodd
5.5%
John Edwards
9.3%
Mike Gravel
7%
Dennis Kucinich
4.4%
Barack Obama
19%
Bill Richardson
8.9%

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Who had the best one-liner? * 46145 responses
Joe Biden
27%
Hillary Clinton
12%
Chris Dodd
2.9%
John Edwards
11%
Mike Gravel
9.3%
Dennis Kucinich
6.7%
Barack Obama
23%
Bill Richardson
8.4%

[darawk]

Wow, that's pretty encouraging. I'm not sure Obama is the greatest candidate in the world, but he could definitely be worse. And "at least he doesn't totally suck" is good enough for me after these last 8 years...

It's also nice to see Richardson getting a reasonable amount of votes.

[Nagognog2]

I can see the neo-cons donning their white sheets and pointy white-hoods to go campaigning against Obama now. "Be a man! Join the Klan!"