MoveOn's Virtual Town Hall (prt. 2)

After the event MoveOn.org had their members vote on which candidate had the best plan for Iraq. Here are the results they released:

Sen. Barack Obama    28%

Sen. John Edwards    25%

Rep. Dennis Kucinich    17%

Gov. Bill Richardson    12%

Sen. Hillary Clinton    11%

Sen. Joe Biden    6%

Sen. Chris Dodd    1%


But, at the very bottom of email they send out MoveOn added this:
P.S. MoveOn members who watched the Town Hall at one of the parties voted differently from those who did not. Here are how the folks who attended the event ranked their choices:

Sen. John Edwards    25%

Gov. Bill Richardson    21%

Sen. Barack Obama    19%

Rep. Dennis Kucinich    15%

Sen. Joe Biden            10%

Sen. Hillary Clinton       7%

Sen. Chris Dodd           4%
Although Obama won the vote with a small 3% margin of overall MoveOn members, we have now way of telling how many of them actually listened to the forum and know the difference between each candidate's plan. The much more inportant number is John Edwards' 25% out of the people who attended the Town Hall.

But the most notable number in the second graph is the 21% for Bill Richardson. No doubt his strong showing is in part due to the great publicity from MyDD and Kos afterwards.