Comments on: Democratic Presidential Bumper Sticker Straw Poll, 1-1-07 to 1-5-08 http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/01/06/democratic-presidential-bumper-sticker-straw-poll-1-1-07-to-1-5-08/ When old landmarks crumble, established roads no longer lead the way. New paths open to those with an irregular eye. Our news is unfit for print. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Clifford http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/01/06/democratic-presidential-bumper-sticker-straw-poll-1-1-07-to-1-5-08/comment-page-1/#comment-329122 J. Clifford Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:57:14 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/01/06/democratic-presidential-bumper-sticker-straw-poll-1-1-07-to-1-5-08/#comment-329122 I think that some of the behavior that you depict as "following a winner" may in fact be more complicated than that - a break through social resistance toward accepting Obama. Iowa voters weren't following anyone else's lead, but the rest of the country may have been hesitant, waiting for Iowa to grant permission for something that they already wanted. It's half conformity, half motivation within the self. Whatever the motivation, it's clearly Barack Obama's week on the Democratic side, though it's looking closer in New Hampshire, though the Iowa polls said it looked closer there a week ago too. I think that some of the behavior that you depict as “following a winner” may in fact be more complicated than that – a break through social resistance toward accepting Obama. Iowa voters weren’t following anyone else’s lead, but the rest of the country may have been hesitant, waiting for Iowa to grant permission for something that they already wanted. It’s half conformity, half motivation within the self.

Whatever the motivation, it’s clearly Barack Obama’s week on the Democratic side, though it’s looking closer in New Hampshire, though the Iowa polls said it looked closer there a week ago too.

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