What about a MyDD Straw Caucus?

by Anthony de Jesus, Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 06:18:49 PM EST

When he posted the most recent straw poll, Chris Bowers lamented that he couldn't restrict votes to people with user names.

While primaries are simple polls, caucuses (as far as I understand them) involve people actually meeting, so you can see who is voting for which candidate.

What if we ran an online "straw caucus" to see who is willing to put their name (fake online name in most cases) to an actual candidate?

I'm not sure how the mechanics would go.  Perhaps Mr. Bowers could post a frontpage post with links to diaries for each choice, and people post an affirmation in the thread of the candidate they support.  If people are honest and only post to one diary, then it becomes a simple counting exercise unless someone can run a script. I couldn't imagine running this on Daily Kos, but I think that the numbers here might be more manageable.

I suspect that people are less willing to take part in something like this than in an online poll, so this may give a small measure of the intensity of support.

I don't know if this is at all workable, but it feels like something worth thinking about.  Any opinions?




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Approval Voting Poll too while we're at it. (3.00 / 1)

This Scoop site has approval voting turned on. That's where you can check more than one box for all the candidates you approve of. It has very interesting results that I think are worth the trial.


Jeff Wegerson - PrairieStateBlue
by wegerje on Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 06:30:29 PM EST

Strongly Agree (none / 0)

IRV and approval voting partisans can argue all day long, but I think it's clear that an approval poll would give more information than no poll at all.


Dennis Kucinich, Progressive Democrat for President in 2008
by hoose on Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 06:36:00 PM EST

Re: What about a MyDD Straw Caucus? (none / 0)

Also, could we try some sort of geographic poll? Measure who's supporting whom where?


by CT student on Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 11:15:16 PM EST

Re: What about a MyDD Straw Caucus? (none / 0)

I will vote for Wes Clark first, Gore second in this primary.

After that, it is really anyone but Hillary for me. I would vote for the strongest challenger to Hillary by the time the GA primary takes place.

In the General Election, I will vote for any democrat but Hillary. I do not forsee voting for a single Republican in the General Election. I will not vote for Nader, but any random third party candidate who is not a right winger because votes for Nader will only be a distraction when it comes to post Election analysis.


by Pravin on Fri Feb 16, 2007 at 09:24:05 AM EST


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