Zogby has just published a ‘blind poll’, with the following findings:
A Zogby International “blind bio” telephone poll shows that former Vice President Al Gore is favored over the current Democratic frontrunners by likely Democratic Party voters nationwide – particularly among liberal Democrats.
When Democratic likely voters were given brief biographical descriptions of the top three Democratic candidates – New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards – along with the biography of Gore, the former Vice President won 35% support, while Clinton won 24%, Obama won 22% and Edwards trailed with 10% support. Gore’s bio was the top choice of both men (39%) and women (31%), and also most favored by younger voters. Self-described liberal Democrats strongly favored Gore’s bio (43%) over Clinton (21%), Edwards (17%) and Obama (12%). The bio selections of moderate Democrats closely mirrors the choices of likely Democratic voters overall, with 36% giving the greatest preference to Gore’s bio.
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Follow the link and read the article. The results are probably not too much of a surprise when considering methodology and sponsor of the survey:
Survey Methodology [Zogby America Democratic Primary Likely Voters] 10/24/07 thru 10/27/07
Zogby International was commissioned by [Al Gore 2008 Draft Campaign] to conduct a telephone survey of [Democratic primary likely voters].
I found it slightly amusing that it is referenced as a ‘blind poll’; if you scroll towards the bottom of the linked page you’ll see the respective descriptions of the candidates labeled A, B, C and D, respectively. However, anyone half awake would recognize the name going with each description.
Let me end with another quote from the article:
When asked about the current field of candidates and their position on global climate change, 29% said they are very satisfied and plan to vote for one of the current candidates, but 65% said they would be open to supporting a new candidate based on this issue.
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Other findings from the survey include:
* 79% believe Presidential candidates should not accept campaign donations from lobbyists.
* 70% prefer a Presidential candidate with more experience to a candidate with less experience.
* 62% believe American need a government run health care system that pays all costs for all Americans.