November 22, 2009
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Are the polls wrong about Kucinich?

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'Second, telling people things are already set discourages people from voting and participating in the democratic process. The winner of past elections has been 'nobody'-- more people have chosen not to vote than to support anybody. President Bush was elected by 17% of the public.

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Here's how the numbers look for the leading candidates:.

CandidateDayWeek3 MonthsJune 25th
Dean395290265.5255/145
Kucinich2101254270/51
Kerry1951006870/90
Clark140140144.5N/A
Edwards70613635/18.5
Gephart55353730/15
Lieberman20211720/19.5

The stats represent the 'reach per million' people on the internet. The June 25th numbers represent the day and week stats the day before the Moveon.org primary.

Going by these statistics, interest in Kucinich has begun strongly ramping up. Clark's numbers remain static.

Why the jump in stats for Kucinich? Claudia Slate, virtual outreach coordinator (a member of the Kucinich internet leadership team) answered, 'We're working hard, Dennis is the only one with a plan to fix the economy, and get the troops out of Iraq, and Dennis has a plan for drug reform that does not fill jails with people who have minor drug offenses and he's got a plan to save American jobs, starting with getting rid of NAFTA and the WTO.'

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