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Biden, Clinton Top Choices in Straw Poll

Middletown, DE -  Results from the Presidential straw poll taken by the 8^th/9^th RD Democrats at the recent Peach Festival show that Delaware Senator Joseph Biden is the preferred Democratic choice if a primary were held today.

35% of the 185 voters participating chose Biden while 28% chose Hillary Clinton.  Other candidate results in rank order were Barack Obama- 17% , John Edwards- 9% , Bill Richardson- 4% , Christopher Dodd- 2% and Dennis Kucinich- 1%.   Four percent of voters indicated no preferred choice.

With the exception of Senator Biden ,  the results track with national polls.

In addition, voters were asked to identify the most important issues facing Delaware today.  Health care , Jobs/Economy , and Social Security/elderly were the top choices.  All issues are shown in order by percent of vote:

Health care       44%                                       Environment  22%

Jobs/Economy   33%                                      Terrorism       22%

Soc sec/elderly  28%                                      Taxes             21%

Education           26%                                      Infrastructure 18%

                                                                       Utility Rates  13%

Write in issues included  Iraq war-4% ; Immigration-2% and Funding for veterans.  Voters felt all issues were important and had difficulty picking one or two.

Each participating voter received a chance to win a prize in a drawing held at the end of the day.  Prize winners-all from Townsend were Celine Franck , Donna Clayton and Lou Hirt.

8^th/9^th District Democrats seek to encourage voter participation and provide support to Democratic candidates locally and throughout the state of Delaware.  We meet monthly.  Our next meeting is October 4 ,2007 at the Burris Pavilion.  Registered Democrats are invited to attend.  Contact Jim Young @378-5059 if you need more information.