Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Poll Results
I thought I would report on the poll results, which are most interesting, as the poll posts verge on sliding off the main page.
I asked people who might otherwise not vote for a Democrat to pick the Democrat they would most prefer to have as President if they could, and had to choose one.
Harry Truman is winning hands down, no contest, with 37 votes out of 64. John Kennedy is next, with 16, followed by Franklin Roosevelt, with 8. Less popular choices were Bill Clinton, with 2, Lyndon Johnson, who had none for a while but finally landed 1, and hapless Jimmy Carter, with no votes at all. Truman is my choice, so I am pleased to see so many agree.
Here is the President preference poll.
The other poll was less popular, garnering a mere 31 votes in all, of which 18 went overwhelmingly to happy warrior Hubert Humphrey. Al Gore trailed far behind in second, with 5 votes, followed by, surprisingly, George McGovern nipping at his heels with 4 votes. Are you sure all of you who voted were Republican or Libertarian leaners? You dumped the Duke with 2 votes, and someone, perhaps from Minnesota, cast a vote for Walter Mondale. Finally, in the end, John Kerry did manage a single vote. It looked like he’d be skunked, but somebody either took pity, or actually thought he would be a better Prez than the other guys.
Here is the loser preference poll.