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| In Spite of Pollsters,
Kucinich Second Place Position Seems Even Firmer
by Rob Kall Last week, I wrote an article reporting impressive stats for Dennis Kucinich, who is generally slotted by the polls in the third tier of democratic presidential candidates. My analysis of Alexa.com candidate website statistics showed that Kucinich's site was in second place. A check today shows he's consolidated that position. Now, here's more evidence, not by poll takers, but by massive numbers of people, the millions of readers who are Amazon.com customers, that Kucinich is much hotter than the polls allow. And these polls are based on people who have spent money because of interest in their candidate. A reader, Jackie Elek, wrote in yesterday, reporting that Dennis Kucinich's book is in second place on amazon. Here are the stats she gathered, and her comments. >>I thought these sales rankings (12/12/03) of the Democratic candidate's books from Amazon.com also helps support your conclusions. H. Dean - Winning Back America - 852 D. Kucinich - A Prayer For America - 1473 W. Clark - Winning Modern Wars... - 1484 J. Edwards - Four Trials - 4346 J. Kerry - A Call To Service - 22,102 A. Sharpton - Al on America - 90,920 J. Lieberman - Joe Lieberman is a Pious Liberal... - 1,152,234 I couldn't find a listing for Gephart or Braun. Interesting, eh? With Hope for Dennis, ~Jackie Elek<<
As has been reported, ABC News Pulls Reporter off Kucinich Campaign, the media use polls to justify eliminating coverage of candidates. This may seem like a parsimonious use of media resources. But the truth is, it is a dangerous strategy that further limits dialogue and diversity of political opinion. In fairness, I should make it clear that Dennis Kucinich is my first choice for presidential nominee, and that I have made multiple contributions to his campaign. If you are a Kucinich supporter, you should have made a contribution or two by now. If you really support him, and have not yet sent a contribution, please consider doing so today, even if it's your first political contribution ever, even if it's only five dollars. Rob Kall rob@opednews.com is editor of OpEdNews.com This article is copyright Rob Kall and originally published by opednews.com but permission is granted for reprint in print, email, blog or web media so long as this credit paragraph is attached. More about Rob |
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