Dear MoveOn member,
The votes are counted, the exit polls are complete, and the results from the MoveOn primary are in. Over 300,000 MoveOn members have cast votes -- a turnout bigger than the election turnout in many states -- and news outlets from CBS to Reuters have covered the story as it unfolded this week.
The MoveOn primary has allowed hundreds of thousands of ordinary voters to speak at a time when usually only pundits, pollsters, and wealthy donors have influence. Now it's time to put our money where our mouth is. The end of this month -- June 30th -- marks a key deadline for candidate fundraising: candidates will truly sink or swim based on whether they show that they can raise money.
Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, we're encouraging everyone to support the candidate they voted for. A list of the official candidates and their fundraising webpages is below.
So how did the candidates do? The statistics below are only a part of the picture: perhaps the most significant fact is that virtually all of the candidates would have the enthusiastic support of a majority of MoveOn members. Taking back the primary process for ordinary people is an important goal, but the vote made clear that we're ready to defeat Bush no matter who the Democratic nominee is.
As a result of the primary, well over 100,000 people have joined a presidential campaign or contributed to one. We're already building a movement to defeat Bush in 2004.
Here are the vote totals:
BRAUN 7021 2.21%
DEAN 139360 43.87%
EDWARDS 10146 3.19%
GRAHAM 7113 2.24%
KERRY 49973 15.73%
KUCINICH 76000 23.93%
GEPHARDT 7755 2.44%
LIEBERMAN 6095 1.92%
SHARPTON 1677 0.53%
OTHER 6121 1.93%
UNDECIDED 6378 2.01%
317647 100.00%
The complete results, along with some analysis, are available on our website at:
http://moveon.org/pac/primary/report.html It's been an amazing week for MoveOn.org PAC. Every Democratic presidential campaign has invested time and energy into the primary. The national news media have covered the process with gravity. Together, we've begun to shift the balance in how these choices get made -- from wealthy benefactors and snarky pundits to ordinary, active citizens. Thank you.
Sincerely,
--Carrie, Eli, Joan, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn Team
June 27th, 2003
CANDIDATE LINKS
Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/braun.html Governor Howard Dean:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/dean.html Senator John Edwards:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/edwards.html Congressman Dick Gephardt:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/gephardt.html Senator Bob Graham:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/graham.html Senator John Kerry:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/kerry.html Congressman Dennis Kucinich:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/kucinich.html Senator Joe Lieberman:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/lieberman.html Reverend Al Sharpton:
www.moveon.org/pac/cands/sharpton.html ---
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