Who did you vote for in the 2008 Democratic primary.

[Tiggeroshii]

Just curious

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	Edwards
	6 (15%)
	Obama
	17 (41%)
	Clinton
	14 (34%)
	Kucinich
	1 (2%)
	Richardson
	1 (2%)
	Dodd
	0 (0%)
	Somebody else
	2 (5%)
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[leftieNanner]

1. I'm embarrassed to say Edwards

Since I was a poll inspector in California, I voted by mail early - before the crapola came out about his mistress etc. Obama was my second choice.

[HarlanPepper]

2. Eh he fooled a lot of people.

You are far from alone. I liked him as well.

[highplainsdem]

5. I liked Edwards at first, too. I backed Clinton, wanted her to win in 2008, thought Obama could run

in 2016.

Imagine how different everything might have been if Obama had run for president and won four years ago.

[democrattotheend]

17. I've thought about that too

Part of me wishes Obama had waited to run, because we need a candidate like him now and he was so young when he ran. But it's rare for a party to hold the White House for more than 2 terms, so he might have never gotten to be president if he waited.

[Raine]

9. Edwards was my first pick but

luckily the dirt came out before I voted so I went for Obama instead.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I liked him too, at first.

I went to a rally for him the night before he dropped out. I always thought he was too slick by half, but I did like what he had to say; and during the rally, which was very positive and attracted a lot of union people, there was no suggestion at all that he was going to drop out. But first thing the next morning when I checked the news I discovered he had. As it turned out that was a good thing.

[themaguffin]

16. His message about poverty resonated. It's too bad he was who he was.

[Kahuna7]

22. You should be. It was pretty clear that he was a big phony. nt

[Algernon Moncrieff]

24. Don't be embarrassed. He broke my wife's heart

She's angry with him to this day.

[fierywoman]

3. Obama -- and I forfeited $180 (work) to do it. Best money I ever never had!

[Fresh_Start]

4. Edwards, he talked about poverty and income inequality

before it was fashionable

[samnsara]

6. i voted edwards cuz before he was a creep i liked him

..i even volunteered at his Second Life booth.... and i got caught breaking into the GOP headquarters. Even tho it was 2nd life it was kinda scary..

[jg10003]

7. Edwards. right message, wrong messenger.

[Recursion]

8. Edwards. Oops.

I'll cop to that one. My bad.

[IrishEyes]

10. I voted for Obama. However, I liked both Clinton and Edwards.

I was fine no matter who won. All three candidates had good ideas. I went to a Clinton rally and bought a Clinton button. I also had an Obama button.

[MH1]

11. Don't recall who was on the ballot.

I was an early supporter of Richardson but I think he dropped by the time it got to my state.

I also may have switched to Obama by then. I was an enthusiastic supporter of Obama at least as soon as it became clear he would most likely be the nominee. I liked him from the beginning but at first thought Richardson had a stronger portfolio.

One thing I learned from that - charisma matters. It has to be charisma that is effective across the board for key voting cohorts. For example, BS is for some reason very effective with younger voters, but falls off with older voters. Since older voters have higher turnout, always, this is a problem for BS. He also seems to fall off with AAs and that is a bloc we need for big cities in swing states.

[Hortensis]

12. Clinton, then switched happily to our nominee.

A win-win either way since there was too little difference between them ideologically to get excited about.

[UniteFightBack]

15. It was a win but it would of been better had Obama ran in 2016 AFTER Hillary's very successful

presidential tenure. Oh well it's too late now.

[wyldwolf]

13. Clinton, but on the record as saying there wasn't much daylight between her and Obama...

... much to the chagrin of Bernie-types who believed Obama to be the 'progressive' savior they'd been looking for.

I, apparently, was the only one here who read 'Audacity of Hope' BEFORE the primary season.

[UniteFightBack]

14. Clinton all the way and I figured Obama could be after her and he'd of been more experienced at that

time. But Y'all didn't listen!

[MineralMan]

18. Why do you ask? I notice that you did not return to your post

to answer any questions or discuss your poll with anyone. So, why did you ask that question? What did you expect to discover.

Most people, as the poll shows, voted for Barack Obama in that primary, and he ended up winning. Hillary was the nominee in 2016, and won the popular vote. If you posted a poll about that, you'd find that most people voted for Hillary in the 2016 primary, just as the actual voters did.

But, I'm still not sure why you asked about the 2008 primary. Why not come back into the thread and answer my question? That'd be great...

[Tiggeroshii]

21. I was wondering if most people voted for Obama or Clinton

I wasnt sure. But Hillary also won the popular vote in 2008 in the primaries,so I was somewhat surprised to see most people here vote for Obama then.

[herding cats]

32. We're not the monolithic group you think we are. Are we?

I first was for Edwards in 2008, dropped him like he was hot when when the first ill winds blew. I wanted to win. I switched to Obama and worked my tail off for him.

Just to further add to your confusion, I started out working for O'Malley in 2015 and switched to Hillary when he dropped out in February of 2016. She was already inching him out to my eyes. She had my primary vote, and full support thereafter. Prior to 2016 I didn't know Bernie well. I had heard the hype, and was interested. Then I dropped him like he was hot and moved to O'Malley once I'd done some research. I've never looked back.

DU polls and spot moment enthusiasm doesn't carry over into votes once candidates are being truly vetted. Hype vs. reality is often a grim lesson learned.

Choosing a candidate is a complex process. As individual as the person doing the choosing.

[Tiggeroshii]

36. Certainly not!

Thanks for the info! Certainly interesting!

[Zolorp]

35. You are wrong

Hillary did NOT win the popular vote in the 2008 primaries. Get your facts straight. She won the popular vote in PRIMARIES ONLY. She lost in caucuses and overall.

[Tiggeroshii]

37. Yeah she won in primaries*

That's what that means

Caucuses aren't votes.

[Zolorp]

39. Yes, caucuses are votes

Otherwise, they don't count at all.

[Tiggeroshii]

40. Not quite.

[R B Garr]

19. I didn't vote since I was moving and literally driving my things between counties.

I didn't even follow that closely because I was moving and all that entails. I love both of them, so would have been happy with either one.

[Polybius]

20. Hillary, that was her time

Had she won in 2008, we would have had Obama in 2016 (who was still young enough to wait), and we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.

This is not a dis at Obama, he was the best president in decades. But we could have had both. In 2008 any Democrat could have beaten any Republican.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

23. Obama. I liked HRC (still do) very much, but saw something very special in Barack Obama

early in the campaign.

He did not disappoint me one bit. I'm only sorry HRC did not succeed him.

Two great liberal Democrats.

[jr1118x]

25. none

At the time was registered independent so neither since where I lived had closed primaries, that was the election that prompted me to switch party affiliations so I could participate in the primaries in the future.

[elleng]

26. O'Malley

[BlueWI]

28. Where did all the Clinton voters go?

I remember Obama being called an empty suit and worse names than that by surrogates like Geraldine Ferraro.

Hindsight is leading people to retroactively revise their preferences.

[Tiggeroshii]

38. My thoughts exactly.

Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy!!

[BlueWI]

41. For my only time in the Iowa Caucus

I started the evening as an Alan Cranston supporter.

Just own your history!!

[comradebillyboy]

29. Now that was a really brutal primary. No punches pulled by anybody.

[herding cats]

30. I voted for, and was an Obama delegate locally.

I liked Hillary then, too. I never got caught up in the drama. I just believed Obama had something special I'd not seen before in my lifetime.

[tritsofme]

31. Clinton. That battle made whatever happening today seem tame.

[Drunken Irishman]

33. Obama.

[Happy Hoosier]

34. Obama...

But enthusiastically supported Clinton in 2016.