Mike 'Handily' Winning Online Poll Sponsored by Military Site

i respectfully disagree...this is a poll far more accurate and telling about the issues that the electorate cares about and which candidates align with those issues than any so-called 'poll' that the MSM throws out into our faces to swallow mindlessly.

 

if there were more 'polls' like this, we would be seeing a far different political landscape. which is most likely the reason why there are not more 'polls' (or surveys or however else you wish to define it) like this out there.

 

it would behoove all of us gravel supporters to spread this link far and wide, not to push our preferred candidate, but rather to give people an opportunity to understand which candidate best aligns with their core beliefs. i think the answer will surprise many out there, and just might translate into actual votes.

I also took the vote. And the voting machine suggested Kucinich as the candidate most suited for my preferences. Sen. Gravel seems to be getting a bad treatment or it is programed with a faulty tilt. By the way, what is WOOT? Thanks.

If you just say no to everything you get Ron Paul. How freakin accurate is that?

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

Vote for Mike Gravel, anything else would be insanity!

Ha, ha! Yes!

Astute sampling of the endpoints!

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Times have changed. We are going to empower the American people. Let’s work together. I am tough. I’m not afraid. None of this politics as usual. Mike Gravel

<I suppose that this indicates that many people would find that they agree with Mike Gravel a great deal, if only they would take him seriously enough to examine his views.>

 

this is a profoundly astute point which illustrates the paradoxical conundrum that the good senator faces in his campaign. at the abc debate, george snuffaluffpigus (with his trademark smirk) noted that mr. gravel is 'polling' at less than 1%. that's right, less than 1%.

 

when i mentioned this over at the huffington post where they are all squabbling over hillary or no hillary, they all had a million and one excuses why they would not vote for mr. gravel, even though most admitted that he (and dennis kucinch) was the candidate most closest aligned their personal views and concerns.

 

this genius poll (cheers to those who created it) further illustrates this point.

 

so the question as i see it for the gravel campaign is how to translate this allegiance into votes in the primaries. it's obvious that the electorate has been completely 'swindled' (using john mellencamp's word) into believing that voting for anyone outside the party mainstream is a wasted vote, even in the primaries, where even a moderate showing for a candidate can influence the party platform at the convention.

 

most democrats still have not learned the lesson from 2004 where a truly wasted vote is a 'lesser than 2 evils' vote, and not one birthed from conscience and personal conviction.

 

how can the campaign begin to change this mindset in the electorate, so that votes in the primaries can more accurately reflect this survey rather than the 'polls' that the MSM are shoving down everyone's throats?

 

a question that i throw out to everyone here, so that perhaps we can collectively throw around some ideas and suggestions that might prove helpful to the campaign.

 

cheers