One of the major differences between Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa Caucus is how their delegates are chosen. Republicans simply walk in, cast their votes and go home, hoping their candidate of choice receives the nod. With Democrats, it is more like a bargaining session. If voters believe their candidate may not receive enough votes to win a delegate, they can move their support to their second choice to help them move ahead in the voting.
Dennis Kucinich, Democrat Representative from Ohio has been showing between one and two percent in polls posted at usaelectionpolls.com and he realizes that he is not going to have enough votes to win any delegates. He has asked his supporters to look at Barack Obama as a second choice and instead of voting for him they should cast their votes to Obama to help him win over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.
While the number of voters moving from the Kucinich slate to Obama's may seem insignificant, if more candidates not expecting to fare well in the country's first move towards electing the president are successful in moving their supporters, it can have a major effect on the close race. With Clinton, Obama and Edwards in a virtual tie in Iowa, a few hundred of thousand additional supporters could help swing the election.
However, instead of taking Kucinich's word for who they should choose as their second choice, his supporters may go to presidentelectionpolls.com to see which of the leading Democrat candidates have a better chance of beating the top Republican contestants to insure they choose an electable Democrat nominee.
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