Poll: Progressives Favor Obama (Bill Scher at TomPaine.com)

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Poll: Progressives Favor Obama

Submitted by Bill Scher on June 21, 2007 - 1:01pm.
Politico.com just announced the results of the presidential straw poll of Take Back America attendees. The percentages are:

Obama 29
Edwards 26
Clinton 17
Richardson 9
Gore (write-in) 8
Kucinich 5
Biden 1
Dodd 1
Gravel 1

Isaiah J. Poole writes:

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won a presidential straw poll on Wednesday sponsored by Politico.com and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner at Take Back America.

Former Sen. John Edwards came in a close second. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton came in third.

What the poll established is that Obama, Edwards and Clinton form a clear first tier of presidential candidates among progressives, pollster Stan Greenberg said. But unlike many national polls that show Clinton in the lead, people polled at the Take Back America conference showed a strong and interchangeable preference for Obama and Edwards.

The poll allowed participants to make a first and a second choice for who they would vote. Obama was the first choice of 29 percent of the poll participants; 26 percent chose Edwards. As a second choice, Obama won the support of 30 percent of the poll participants, and Edwards won 28 percent.

The poll is obviously good news for Obama, who appeared at Take Back America conferences for two years in a row and gave rousing, well-received speeches both times. Obama polled particularly well among young adults, 40 percent of whom made him their first choice.

It is just as obviously not so good news for Clinton, who also appeared at the conference for the second consecutive year and saw her speeches both times overshadowed by catcalls from antiwar protesters. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/presidential_straw_poll_results?tx=3

[Captain Hilts]

1. ADA ratings have Clinton more progressive than Edwards. nt