Hillary Wins South Carolina 2008 Straw Poll
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According to The State,
Richland County Democrats held the nation's first straw poll for the 2008 presidential race Wednesday and the surprise winner was U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.
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Clinton's victory at the sparesely attended event was a mild upset. Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, a native South Carolinian and last year's Democratic vice presidential candidate, had been considered the favorite.Clinton got 44 votes to 34 for Edwards. Virginia Gov. John Warner came in third with 32 votes and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware got 24 votes.
Everyone else scored in the single digits.
This is very interesting, although a reading of the article makes it relatively clear that the Hillary people were campaigning extremely hard for so insignificant a poll. Nevertheless, this is the first real look we've gotten at how Democrat voters feel about their 2008 presidential candidates. I'm not surprised that Hillary won, but some apparently are.
Of all the people who only scored in the single digits and the others, it would seem that she isn't as well liked as she would have us believe.
"Virginia Gov. John Warner came in third with 32 votes"
John Warner just found out that not only is he Governor of the great state of Virginia, he is now a Democrat. Mark Warner couldn't be reached in the Senate for comment :)
I didn't even notice that. Keen eye!
Now let's see if Mark Warner's people send a letter to The State demanding a correction.