Let's look at the poll results that we have up to this point in the SWB Hay Poll (Hey! What the hell? Everyone else has a poll.).
Remember, we have three categories that we are judging candidates: how we see them, how we hear them, and what we feel about them.
On the Democratic side the results to date are:
Best looking - 1. Edwards. 2. Obama. 3. Kucinich.
Best orator - 1. Obama. 2. Clinton. 3. Kucinich.
Conveys integrity the best - 1. Kucinich. 2. Gravel. 3. Clinton.
For the Republicans, we have:
Best looking - 1. Paul. 2. Romney. 3. Huckabee. (Who let the Ron Paul people vote?)
Best orator - 1. Paul. 2. Huckabee. 3. Guiliani.
Conveys integrity the best - 1. Paul (43 votes). 2. Huckabee (1 vote). 3. No one else got any votes. I suspect that Huckabee has been to my blog. How cool is that?
Now, we need to discuss the results of the poll. We'll start with the Republican side because there is nothing to discuss. Even considering that I don't agree with Ron Paul supporters on who the best looking candidate is, I'm going to have to accept the poll results and say that Ron Paul is going to be the Republican nominee (according to the theory from the original post).
The democratic side is a bit more tricky.
Kucinich made the top 3 in all three categories and was the only candidate to do so. If he had some cash, had the support of the media, and hadn't seen a UFO, he might be the nominee. If he had the support Ron Paul has, I'd probably be voting for him but the media has been for Hillary from the beginning and Kucinich hasn't bee able to conquer that resistance.
Clinton and Obama are tied with two top 3 finishes. Obama has a 1st and 2nd while Clinton has a 2nd and 3rd. I was more than a little surprised that Obama was ranked lower in Integrity than Clinton.
With the close race, money and media play a huge roll. Who do you think is going to get the Democratic nomination?
I'll let this one run for a couple of weeks and then we'll move on to the final showdown.
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