San Mateo Straw Poll Results

[Ghost in the Machine]

Well, we finally have results.
8th - Christopher Dodd, Mike Gravel (4 votes)
7th - Joseph Biden (8 votes)
6th - Bill Richardsen (21)
5th - Al Gore (23) - write-in
4th - Hillary Clinton (128)
3th - Barack Obama (171)
2nd - Dennis Kucinich (180)
1st - John Edwards (221)

This was just for the San Mateo caucus. The other counties also will be posting their votes soon. It's been an exciting afternoon.

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/

[EFerrari]

1. Are you sure that's San Mateo and not Berkeley?

:)

[waiting for hope]

2. Whoa!

1st - John Edwards (221) = Didn't they get the memo? :sarcasm:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. I thought Hillary had it all locked up.

Hmm. Could it be we have been recipients of shoveled shit?

[waiting for hope]

6. I think so!

[girl gone mad]

20. Her triumph of the will..

may yet be escapable.

[Annces]

3. Yey San Mateo

I know it well. Hi electric towers.

[Nia Zuri]

5. Proud to say I was there and voted for Edwards.

[Ghost in the Machine]

25. Thanks for being there!

[emlev]

7. Actually, those are the totals for all counties

For the San Francisco County voters, Kucinich came in first! There were separate results for San Mateo, San Francisco, and Santa Clara Counties, and also a total of the results from all other counties. Kucinich also came in first from the "all other counties" category, while Edwards was first overall and in San Mateo, and Obama first among the Santa Clara County voters present.

Here are the percentages overall (with 761 votes cast):

JOHN EDWARDS-----29.0%
DENNIS KUCINICH-----23.6%
BARACK OBAMA-----22.5%
HILLARY CLINTON-----16.8%
AL GORE (Write-In)-----3.0%
BILL RICHARDSON-----2.8%
JOSEPH BIDEN-----1.0%
CHRISTOPHER DODD-----0.5%
MICHAEL GRAVEL-----0.5%
Other Write-ins-----0.1%

All the figures are at this website.

The votes for this straw poll were hand-counted by volunteers, including me. We counted them all (twice, actually) in 30 minutes, with some teams being done with their share well before that.

[EFerrari]

8. Hi, neighbor. My brother and his three daughters live in San Mateo.

I am so happy to see Edwards and Kucinich come in first and second! I thought San Mateo was more conservative than that. It's good to be wrong. :)

[emlev]

9. I'd consider San Mateo results more conservative than the other counties

Here are the San Mateo totals:

San Mateo County Results
Votes cast: 423
Vote Count Percentage
JOHN EDWARDS---117---27.7%
HILLARY CLINTON---102---24.1%
BARACK OBAMA---96---22.7%
DENNIS KUCINICH ---63---14.9%
AL GORE (Write-In)---17---4.0%
BILL RICHARDSON---14---3.3%
JOSEPH BIDEN---8---1.9%
CHRISTOPHER DODD---3---0.7%
MICHAEL GRAVEL---3---0.7%

I don't live in that county or know terribly much about its demographics, though I believe it's quite a wealthy county.

[EFerrari]

22. Largely white, middle aged homeowners in small households,

median income about 35K according to Quickfacts, which seems right to me. I nearly was slugged at one of their fairs for wearing a "No War" t shirt in 2003 (I forgot where I was going).

[Nia Zuri]

28. Lots of families with kids too. I've seen quite a few Giuliani stickers

around. There are some very wealthy communities here which are quite conservative & very reupublican. I expected Hilary to do better.

[CreekDog]

17. Kucinich came in 4th in San Mateo County

Sorry bout that bub.

We are not very conservative here thank you very much, Kerry got 73% in SSF, nearly what SF gave him.

[slipslidingaway]

11. Thanks for the link and for your work! n/t

[CreekDog]

14. Kucinich was the only candidate in person in San Mateo

I mean, um, yeah he won/did well, but when I saw that he was going to be there in person, I thought, I am not going to a freaking Kucinich rally --give me a break.

I went to church instead.

[Ghost in the Machine]

24. Thanks emlev, I guess the site I got the info from had it wrong about

those numbers just being for San Mateo. I just did a copy n paste. Thanks for setting us straight.... and for being there to volunteer

PEACE!

[Nia Zuri]

29. I think we are going to be in for some surprises, despite what the

media is pushing....

[emlev]

32. Sounds good to me.

[slipslidingaway]

10. K&R n/t

[AllyCat]

12. Nice. Those are my two top picks at the top of the list! (If Al doesn't run)

Good to see HRC way down there. Most straw polls seem to put her down in the standings, but the nightly news trumpets her from the rooftops...so she must be the winner.

[CreekDog]

13. Kucinich was there in person

I knew he was gonna come close simply because his fans were there to see him.

Suffice it to say, I didn't go and this San Mateo County Democrat is not voting for Kucinich in the primary, period.

If he wins the primary, you Hillary haters, I will vote for him in the general.

And if he wins, I think that wish that someday I would be taller might come true also.

[CreekDog]

15. Kucinich came in 4th in San Mateo County

Geez, and he even showed up.

I would have gone if Edwards or Obama or Hillary were there in person.

[MaggieSwanson]

18. Thanks for keeping the thread kicked, CreekDog

And please, don't be so shy about how you feel re: Dennis Kucinich. Especially not on a thread that is posting some good news about him.

Peace.

[New Earth]

23. did you really just say the same thing

3 times in one thread?

[Ghost in the Machine]

26. He sure did, but couldn't be bothered to show up and vote for HIS candidate

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

27. possibly

I feel strongly.

[Nutmegger]

16. Giving this some DU R&K love.

:thumbsup::loveya::kick:

[xchrom]

19. wow -- san mateo went for edwards? -- very interesting. nt

[LWolf]

21. Great news, thanks! n/t

[fenriswolf]

30. dont care if it was scewed because kucinich was their

I think his message is building momentum, unfortunatly i dont think their will be enough for the primaries although I can hope.

[emlev]

31. Here's another thread that links to this one

I thought some people would be more likely to look at one with http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2105671&mesg_id=2105671">this subject line, so I started it last night and linked it to here. Telling you in case you want to keep that one kicked as well.