Houston (TX) - John Edwards raked in the majority of votes from 8,000 Texas Democrats who participated in an online preview of the state's primary election.

The Internet vote, one of the largest of its kind in a presidential election, showed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in second and third place, respectively.

According to the state's Democratic party, Edwards carried 38% of the vote.  Obama ranked in at 21%, and Clinton pulled a 20% vote.

The voting was restricted to Texas voters and prevented people from voting multiple times, said party spokesperson Hector Nieto.

Though it is highly informal, it is one of the largest state-specific polls to show Edwards with such a clear advantage.  National polls generally rank Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama close together at the top, with John Edwards trailing significantly behind in third.

Texas's actual primary election will be held of March 4, 2008.

Thats funny

Sep 11, 2007 06:01     

If they think any of those three have any chance in hell of winning Texas in the next election, they're sadly mistaken. The only way any of them have a chance is if ever illegal alien in the state got to vote. Of course if Hillary or Edwards does win, we know that will be the future since they'll sell out America and give them citizenship since it'll create a whole new voting base. And add another 8-10 million people onto our welfare system for those who aren't already on it.

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It's called a "primary"...

Sep 11, 2007 07:46     

...only Democrats were allowed to vote. The odds are that none of them would win in a statewide race (although you never know... okay, maybe not Edwards), but it is an interesting bellwether. On the flip side of things, I'm sure the more technologically savvy side of the Democratic Party is more in tune to Edwards' style of populist economics, so his issues might resonate amongst that group than among Democrats as a whole.

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