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: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.
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%
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.