In last week's way-too-early poll about Democratic contenders, most of you supported Mayor John DeStefano of New Haven (68%). Perennial favorite None of the Above came in second (15%) with Bysiewicz (11%) and Malloy (6%) rounding out the field. There were 71 votes cast.
The way, way-too-early general election poll showed the generic Democratic contender far ahead of Jodi Rell, 72%-25%. Only 61 people voted in this one.
What do these polls tell us, besides the fact that a lot of Democrats hang out here? (I think we knew that) Not too much. The choice of DeStefano is interesting, but again, it's early.
If anyone wants to defend their choices, this is the place to do it.
I've put up some new polls, this time more topical.
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These polls certainly don't mean anything electorally - but they certainly give you a sense of who's got a strong activist base... and clearly Destefano is looking pretty impressive in that dept.
That he is, anonyomous. So far, of all the candidates (Rell included) DeStefano has aroused the most passion in his base. No one is really all that excited about Malloy or Bysiewicz, that's for sure.
As a recent grad I look to a canidate who speaks to the issues of importance to me - economic development (specifically job growth) and housing - I'm still living at home with my dad because its the only thing I can afford.
John DeStefano speaks to these issues and more. As was previously commented on he's not running on the fact that he wants to be governor but because he knows good leadership is the key to getting things done to improve the state - and he says in his stump speech - in his 12 years as mayor he hasn't seen that leadership in hartford.
I think he may even like kittens :)
But will all 3 go away if Blumenthol jumps in?Where oh where does Blummy fit in?
I think Destefano, Bysewiecz, and Malloy wouldn't drop out just because Blumenthal entered the race. It would, however, drastically reduce their chances of getting the nomination and lead to a much shorter primary. If Dodd got in then all three probably would drop out fairly quickly.
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