# Decision 2004: SDMB ultra-prelim straw poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012 "2003-10-17T14:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/1 "2003-10-17T14:37:58Z")
Not to jump the gun, but rather to get a sense how this board of many politically active people is leaning, who are you intending to vote for in the 2004 Presidential election? [ul] [li]Choice A:\*\* Bush\*\*[/li][li]Choice B:\*\* Not Bush\*\*[/ul][/li] If you opt for B please list the potential candidate you’re hoping to vote for. * * * as for me… **Not Bush** – Kerry (and if not him Dean) ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/2 "2003-10-17T17:27:01Z")
**Not Bush** - Dean, Edwards, or Kerrey ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/3 "2003-10-17T18:03:36Z")
**Not Bush** [Wesley Clark](http://www.clark04.com/) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/4 "2003-10-17T18:20:22Z")
Not Bush. [www.harrybrowne.org](http://www.harrybrowne.org) – me and about 400,000 other Americans. Maybe that will jump to 20 million in 2004. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/5 "2003-10-17T18:23:47Z")
Not Bush. Clark, Kerry, or Dean. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/6 "2003-10-17T19:11:26Z")
**Not Bush**. Normally, I go the same route as **mouthbreather** is. This time, however, I can’t stand idly by and let Bush win reelection. Distasteful as it is to me, I’ll vote for whatever bozo the Dems have on the ballot. Also, I will continue the tradition of voting in Republican primaries against candidates from the Religious Right. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/7 "2003-10-17T19:59:27Z")
Not Bush. I’d angle for a Dean/Clark ticket right now. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/8 "2003-10-17T20:04:06Z")
Not Bush. I’d vote for Dean in a second, just because he seems to piss the right people off. ---
**Author:** ![Saxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Saxman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saxman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/9 "2003-10-17T20:57:54Z")
Not Bush. Kerry. If not him, any other Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/10 "2003-10-17T21:32:13Z")
Not Bush. I would vote for Dean or Clark if they are the Dem nominee. I will not vote for Kucinich (fat chance), Kerry or Gephardt and will have to vote Libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/11 "2003-10-17T21:33:01Z")
Not any of the Democrats (so far). Not Bush, either. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/12 "2003-10-18T00:54:18Z")
Hmmm, 11 posts so far and all say not Bush. Should I break the string? Naaaahh. Dean or Clark are my choices. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/13 "2003-10-18T02:02:20Z")
Oh, one exception, if the Dems are insane enough to run Libermann, I’ll be looking for Nader or someone similar to vote for, as I did last time. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/14 "2003-10-18T03:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Not Bush. > [www.harrybrowne.org](http://www.harrybrowne.org) – me and about 400,000 other Americans. > > Maybe that will jump to 20 million in 2004. :-\ \*\* I bet that even with Bush’s unpopularity that drops. He made a mistake with what he said after 9/11 ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/15 "2003-10-18T04:03:21Z")
Bush, and he _will_ be re-elected, kids. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/16 "2003-10-18T04:11:08Z")
Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/17 "2003-10-18T05:23:58Z")
Not Bush. I dunno who I’ll vote for. One of the Dems, I suppose. I’m not sure which one. But definitely not Holy Joe. I can’t stand that guy. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/18 "2003-10-18T05:30:12Z")
Not Bush, and Not Lieberman (sp?). But I don’t think Lieberman will get it, so Dean or Clark or Kerry or Edwards or whoever. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/19 "2003-10-18T05:39:02Z")
I’ve vote for Hillary Clinton herself, if that’s what’s necessary. And I’m a conservative. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/20 "2003-10-18T06:12:41Z")
Not Bush. Period. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012.md?page=2)