A 2008 election site, Race42008 often carries various primary polling data. At the end of one such post they pointed out this fascinating poll question and its results:

When making your selection for a presidential candidate, what are you looking for most in the candidate, charisma, experience, or ideology? (Democrats Only)
Charisma 29%
Ideology 21%
Experience 16%
Undecided 34%

It is abolutely amazing to me that 30% of Democrat voters really think charisma is how they should measure presidential candidates. But it’s no surprise, really, given the top two spots in the Iowa poll:

Democrats,
John Edwards 25%
Barack Obama 17%
Tom Vilsack 16%
Hillary Clinton 15%

Is this an election for President of the United States or a high school senior class? I honestly can’t tell sometimes.

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