Highstreet
Friday, 21 December 2007, 2:51 pm
QUOTE(seuss @ Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 11:49 am)

i didn't take the ttime to check, are these sources internet polls?
Straw polls are local and state gatherings where people actually vote.
The National Caucus is new, and is also actual voters getting together to vote, and it then has the data organized and advertised on the internet.
http://www.nationalcaucus.com/resultsDecember 7th National Caucus Results
Barack Obama Wins Democrat Caucuses; Ron Paul Dominates Both GOP And "Open" Caucuses
On December 7, 2007 across the country, Democrat, Republican and Open Caucus groups formed independently and Caucused on National Caucus Day. The First National Presidential Caucus is now history and the results are in.
Results were tallied from 19 Caucus groups (Republican, Democrat, and Open) that met on Friday, December 7th, 2007 in Dallas, TX (2D); Sarcoxie, MO (O); Boise, ID ®; Needham, MA (D); Carthage, MO (O); Manhattan, KS (D & R); Pineville, MO (O); Richmond, MO (O); Costa Mesa, CA (O); Springfield MO ®; Winston-Salem, NC (O); Overland Park, KS ®; New York City, NY (O); and Joplin, MO ®, Warrensburg, MO ®, Roselle Park, NK (D), and Philadelphia, PA (O).
Barack Obama wins over Democrat voters generating 40% of Democrat Caucus voter preferences. Obama was followed by a three-way tie for second, with John Edwards, Bill Richardson and "Undecided" each generating 20% of Democratic Caucus preferences.
On the Republican side, Ron Paul obliterated the field for the GOP generating the preference of 50% of GOP Caucuses. Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson follow, generating 33.3% and 16.6% of Republican Caucus preferences, respectively.
Among votes in Open Caucuses, Ron Paul wins with 62.5% of Open Caucus votes, followed by Barack Obama (18.75%), Fred Thompson (12.5%), and Hilary Clinton (6.25%).