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August 10, 2007
Party Insider Presidential Candidate Ratings
I found this interesting bit of statistical trivia at Political Wire:
Who is your party’s most overrated presidential candidate?* 42% of Democratic insiders named John Edwards, while Barack Obama came in a close second with 40%. The verbatim comments from some respondents were particularly critical of Edwards.
* 58% of Republican insiders picked Fred Thompson. The next candidates named were John McCain and Mitt Romney, both with only 14%.Who is your party’s most underrated presidential candidate?
* 32% of Democratic insiders picked Gov. Bill Richardson with Sen. Joseph Biden a close second with 28%, and Sen. Christopher Dodd at 22%.
* 46% of Republican insiders chose Mike Huckabee, with Mitt Romney in second with 25%.
The interesting part is that a lot of bloggers think pretty similarly, by my observations. Do political bloggers think like Beltway insiders? Are other, broader polls rendered inaccurate by their respondents' relatively lower political acumen?
Or maybe I'm just thinking of and for only myself. I would put "fringe" candidates Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul ahead of even Richardson and Huckabee, in the underrated categories, but I see why "insiders" would differ. And I whole-heartedly concur with their estimations of John Edwards (especially) and Fred Thompson (to a slightly lesser degree).
Presidential Elections | By joe lance | 08:27 AM