BetterPolls.com | Dem Candidate Approval

System	Winner(s)
Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings	Al Gore
Virtual Round Robin	Al Gore
Raw Rating Summation	Al Gore
Approval	Wesley Clark
Instant Runoff Voting	Al Gore

Detailed Results

The question was:

Please vote FOR your preferred candidate(s) in the order of your preference. Vote AGAINST candidates (negatively) to the degree that you are hostile to their candidacy and unwilling to support them. (List is alphabetical by first name) NOTE: No candidate who has stated they WILL NOT seek the nomination is included. DOES include people whose names have been raised... in the press, or in discussions (repeatedly) at Daily Kos.

Histogram

Al Gore
Rating	Votes
10	10
9	5
8	2
7	3
6	1
5	1
4	1
3	0
2	3
1	1
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	1
-10	1
votes	30
average	6.033333333333333

Wesley Clark
Rating	Votes
10	5
9	2
8	4
7	1
6	4
5	3
4	2
3	2
2	4
1	3
0	0
-1	1
-2	1
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	32
average	5.25

John Edwards
Rating	Votes
10	4
9	1
8	3
7	5
6	2
5	3
4	1
3	1
2	1
1	1
0	0
-1	2
-2	1
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	3
votes	28
average	3.9642857142857144

Bill Richardson
Rating	Votes
10	2
9	0
8	1
7	0
6	3
5	6
4	2
3	3
2	2
1	0
0	2
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	2
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	23
average	3.6956521739130435

Barack Obama
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	1
8	3
7	2
6	1
5	4
4	0
3	4
2	1
1	2
0	1
-1	1
-2	1
-3	1
-4	0
-5	0
-6	1
-7	1
-8	1
-9	1
-10	3
votes	30
average	1.1

Dennis Kucinich
Rating	Votes
10	3
9	2
8	2
7	0
6	2
5	0
4	1
3	0
2	0
1	2
0	5
-1	0
-2	4
-3	0
-4	0
-5	2
-6	0
-7	1
-8	0
-9	1
-10	2
votes	27
average	1.037037037037037

Chris Dodd
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	0
8	1
7	1
6	1
5	1
4	1
3	2
2	2
1	1
0	6
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	1
votes	19
average	1.9473684210526316

Brian Schweitzer
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	2
7	2
6	0
5	1
4	1
3	0
2	2
1	2
0	5
-1	1
-2	1
-3	1
-4	0
-5	1
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	19
average	1.7894736842105263

Keith Obermann
Rating	Votes
10	2
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	1
4	0
3	2
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	1
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	6
average	4.166666666666667

Bill Moyers
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	1
5	0
4	1
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	1
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	4
average	4.25

Kathleen Sebelius
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	1
5	2
4	0
3	0
2	3
1	2
0	6
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	1
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	1
votes	17
average	0.9411764705882353

Janet Napolitano
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	0
5	1
4	0
3	0
2	2
1	4
0	4
-1	1
-2	1
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	1
votes	15
average	0.4666666666666667

Other (post about it)
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	1
average	7.0

Tom Vilsack
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	2
4	1
3	2
2	1
1	2
0	5
-1	3
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	2
votes	19
average	-0.15789473684210525

John Kerry
Rating	Votes
10	3
9	0
8	0
7	2
6	1
5	1
4	1
3	2
2	0
1	0
0	1
-1	5
-2	3
-3	3
-4	1
-5	0
-6	2
-7	1
-8	1
-9	0
-10	3
votes	30
average	-0.5333333333333333

Mike Gravel
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	1
3	2
2	0
1	1
0	6
-1	2
-2	0
-3	2
-4	0
-5	1
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	2
votes	17
average	-1.2941176470588236

Joe Biden
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	2
8	1
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	1
2	0
1	2
0	4
-1	2
-2	2
-3	5
-4	0
-5	2
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	2
-10	1
votes	24
average	-1.1666666666666667

Al Sharpton
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	2
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	1
4	3
3	1
2	1
1	2
0	0
-1	1
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	1
-6	0
-7	0
-8	3
-9	0
-10	6
votes	22
average	-2.3636363636363638

Hillary Clinton
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	1
5	1
4	1
3	0
2	1
1	1
0	1
-1	2
-2	0
-3	1
-4	7
-5	1
-6	1
-7	0
-8	2
-9	1
-10	12
votes	33
average	-5.181818181818182

Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings

Name	IRNR Rating
Al Gore	19.27
Wesley Clark	16.04
John Edwards	7.56
Bill Richardson	6.24
Barack Obama	3.06
Dennis Kucinich	2.56
Chris Dodd	2.04
Brian Schweitzer	1.67
Keith Obermann	1.48
Bill Moyers	0.93
Kathleen Sebelius	0.59
Janet Napolitano	0.46
Other (post about it)	0.38
Tom Vilsack	0.07
John Kerry	-0.67
Mike Gravel	-0.90
Joe Biden	-1.67
Al Sharpton	-2.43
Hillary Clinton	-9.66

Winner: Al Gore

Virtual Round Robin

	(0)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
(0) Al Gore		21	22	23	24	26	25	22	27	28	27	27	27	25	27	27	25	24	31
(1) Wesley Clark	9		16	22	20	27	27	24	29	29	29	30	30	28	30	29	28	27	33
(2) John Edwards	7	16		18	13	21	20	19	20	21	21	22	22	20	22	21	21	21	28
(3) Bill Richardson	7	10	11		16	14	13	14	18	15	20	20	19	20	21	21	22	20	27
(4) Barack Obama	6	14	14	13		17	19	15	19	20	20	20	20	18	20	18	19	20	26
(5) Chris Dodd	5	5	8	6	12		10	13	10	11	11	16	13	15	17	16	20	17	25
(6) Brian Schweitzer	3	4	8	9	11	9		14	9	9	11	15	11	14	14	15	21	17	30
(7) Dennis Kucinich	9	10	11	13	14	11	13		12	13	13	16	15	16	16	16	16	18	26
(8) Janet Napolitano	3	3	7	3	9	6	5	12		3	8	12	10	11	12	13	20	13	27
(9) Kathleen Sebelius	3	2	8	4	9	5	5	12	7		9	14	11	13	15	15	19	14	26
(10) Tom Vilsack	3	2	7	3	9	9	6	12	7	5		13	10	12	13	14	18	13	26
(11) Bill Moyers	3	2	6	5	10	5	5	11	5	5	7		9	3	3	15	18	14	27
(12) Mike Gravel	3	2	6	4	10	6	4	12	3	4	6	9		9	9	14	18	14	26
(13) Keith Obermann	5	4	8	4	11	6	7	11	7	7	8	2	10		5	16	18	13	26
(14) Other (post about it)	3	2	6	3	10	3	5	11	4	3	6	1	8	1		14	19	13	27
(15) Joe Biden	3	3	6	3	10	6	7	9	6	5	6	9	8	8	10		18	14	24
(16) John Kerry	7	5	9	9	12	8	10	14	9	10	10	11	12	12	11	12		17	26
(17) Al Sharpton	6	6	8	8	9	7	9	6	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	11	12		21
(18) Hillary Clinton	2	1	4	4	4	6	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	7	6	7	5	11

Al Gore	0
Wesley Clark	-1
John Edwards	-2
Bill Richardson	-3
Barack Obama	-3
Chris Dodd	-5
Brian Schweitzer	-6
Dennis Kucinich	-7
Janet Napolitano	-8
Kathleen Sebelius	-8
Tom Vilsack	-10
Bill Moyers	-11
Mike Gravel	-12
Keith Obermann	-12
Other (post about it)	-14
Joe Biden	-15
John Kerry	-16
Al Sharpton	-17
Hillary Clinton	-18

Winner: Al Gore

Raw Rating Summation

Name	Raw Rating Summation
Al Gore	181.00
Wesley Clark	168.00
John Edwards	111.00
Bill Richardson	85.00
Chris Dodd	37.00
Brian Schweitzer	34.00
Barack Obama	33.00
Dennis Kucinich	28.00
Keith Obermann	25.00
Bill Moyers	17.00
Kathleen Sebelius	16.00
Other (post about it)	7.00
Janet Napolitano	7.00
Tom Vilsack	-3.00
John Kerry	-16.00
Mike Gravel	-22.00
Joe Biden	-28.00
Al Sharpton	-52.00
Hillary Clinton	-171.00

Winner: Al Gore

Approval

Name	Approval Votes
Wesley Clark	30.0
Al Gore	27.0
John Edwards	22.0
Bill Richardson	19.0
Barack Obama	19.0
Dennis Kucinich	12.0
Chris Dodd	11.0
Brian Schweitzer	10.0
Al Sharpton	10.0
John Kerry	10.0
Kathleen Sebelius	9.0
Tom Vilsack	8.0
Janet Napolitano	8.0
Joe Biden	6.0
Hillary Clinton	5.0
Keith Obermann	5.0
Mike Gravel	4.0
Bill Moyers	3.0
Other (post about it)	1.0

Winner: Wesley Clark

Instant Runoff Voting

Name	Best IRV Count
Al Gore	22
John Edwards	9
Wesley Clark	7
Dennis Kucinich	4.5
John Kerry	3
Bill Richardson	2.5
Barack Obama	2
Keith Obermann	1.5
Chris Dodd	1
Bill Moyers	0.5
Al Sharpton	0
Tom Vilsack	0
Brian Schweitzer	0
Hillary Clinton	0
Janet Napolitano	0
Joe Biden	0
Kathleen Sebelius	0
Mike Gravel	0
Other (post about it)	0

Winner: Al Gore

Dem Candidate Approval

Summary Results

Detailed Results

Histogram

Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings

Virtual Round Robin

Raw Rating Summation

Approval

Instant Runoff Voting