As part of America In Solidarity's NW Progressive Convention on November 10th in Tacoma WA, all the attendees participated in a Presidential Straw Poll. Congressman Dennis Kucinich pulled a decisive victory winning with 51% of the votes cast, John Edwards and Barack Obama tied for second with 18% of the vote, and Al Gore captured 8% of the vote as a write-in candidate. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton failed to garner one vote in the straw poll of the convention that had nearly 150 attendees.
The vote totals were:
1. Kucinich 51%
t2. Edwards 18%
t2. Obama 18%
4. Gore 8%
5. Paul 3%
6. Richardson 1%
No other candidates received any votes.
The straw poll was part of a day that included speeches from Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Congressman Adam Smith and retired General Paul Eaton. The day also included a series of workshops and panels on issues such as immigration, health care, civil liberties and trade. "The attendees sent a clear message all day that they want a new direction in Iraq," said Todd Iverson, President of America In Solidarity. "It was reflected throughout the day with their intense questioning of our speakers to the straw poll that there is a lack of progress in the Middle East. I think they see Kucinich as the only candidate that is bold enough to say America has had enough."
