I’ll openly admit this is me copying Markos’s work over at Daily Kos, but I think that if we started doing leadership polling in the Iowa blogosphere, we can start to determine just how responsive our Democratic leaders are to the concerns of the people at the grassroots and netroots level in Iowa. While at the early stages these polls will likely not mean a lot (only 40 or so votes for each position isn’t scientific nor fairly representative) I think that the results could help us hone in on the leaders we feel are problematic or less than responsive.
In my eyes, doing polls on Governor Culver, Speaker of the House Pat Murphy, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, and IDP Chairman Scott Brennan would be the best way to look at and judge the leadership of the Iowa Democratic Party at the Executive and Legislative level. Going beyond five different leadership polls begins to dilute the polling, in my opinion, and would be pushed off the front page too quickly.
What are your thoughts? Depending on the comments, I’m likely going to put the polls up by the end of the week. Oh, and to start off measuring support, make sure to take the poll in the extended entry.
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Polls
I think a poll on Governor, Speaker of the House, and Senate Majority Leader is all that is needed. You could do that one month and then the following month do a poll for the Iowa delegation in Congress.
noneed4thneed Mon 19 Mar 10:38 PM
I agree
Even politically active Democrats don’t have the information at hand to judge how someone like Scott Brennan is doing.
Governor and leader of each legislative chamber one month, Democrats in Iowa Congressional delegation the next month.
desmoinesdem Mon 19 Mar 11:14 PM