La campagne pr\u00e9sidentielle US n’a pas encore formellement commenc\u00e9, avec la primaire de l’Iowa dans une semaine, qu’elle nous r\u00e9serve d\u00e9j\u00e0 une petite surprise de derri\u00e8re les fagots. Une pr\u00e9-consultation de militants d\u00e9mocrates a eu lieu en Virginie du 20 au 23 d\u00e9cembre. (Il s’agissait d’une consultation volontaires de ceux qui voteront pour la primaire d\u00e9mocrate de Virginie le 12 f\u00e9vrier, avec un r\u00e9sultat qui compte puisqu’ils d\u00e9signeront 103 Grands Electeurs sur un peu plus de 2.000 pour la convention d\u00e9mocrate.) Lorsque le scrutin a \u00e9t\u00e9 clos, les r\u00e9sultats portant sur pr\u00e8s de 7.000 r\u00e9ponses ont \u00e9t\u00e9 extr\u00eamement surprenants: 30% pour Dennis Kucinich, 27% pour Hillary Clinton, le reste loin derri\u00e8re, en-dessous de 15% pour chaque candidat.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tQuelques pr\u00e9cisions d’une d\u00e9p\u00eache PRNewswire-USNewswire<\/em> du 28 d\u00e9cembre<\/a> (avec une pr\u00e9cision concernant une autre consultation de plus de 80.000 membres de groupes pour une candidature ind\u00e9pendante, donnant 77% en faveur de Kucinich):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abThe Democratic Party of Virginia poll was conducted between December 20 and 23. The question was simple: If the Virginia Democratic presidential primary were held today, which of the six Democratic candidates would you vote for? It should be noted that Chris Dodd was not included in the poll choices because he had not filed with the State Board of Elections by the December 14, 5:00 PM deadline.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbDennis Kucinich was the winner. In fact, even as polling continued past the deadline, Kucinich has maintained his lead over his rivals. This bodes well for the candidate and his supporters across America as the February 12 presidential primary date in Virginia nears, with a substantial 103 delegates at stake. (Results are available at<\/em>http:\/\/www.vademocrats.org<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThis is a surprise victory for me in some ways, but I don’t think it is entirely unexpected, said Kucinich today while campaigning in New Hampshire. Since the beginning of my campaign I have been talking with people across the United States about the issues that matter most to them affordable health care for all Americans, ending the war in Iraq and a return to a truly constitutional government. My vision for this country is really mainstream, and that’s why people are turning to me for real leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbJust last week Kucinich was the runaway winner in yet another poll of the Democratic Party’s progressive, grassroots base, scoring a landslide win by capturing almost 77% of the vote in a nationwide poll sponsored by a coalition of Independent voting groups across the country. Of the more than 80,000 votes cast for Democratic candidates at<\/em> http:\/\/www.independentprimary.com<\/a>, by self-described independent voters, the Ohio Congressman received 61,477 more than three times the combined total of all the other candidates.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tCes r\u00e9sultats sont \u00e9videmment int\u00e9ressants. Kucinich, d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u00e9mocrate de l’Ohio, est un candidat anti-syst\u00e8me, marginalis\u00e9, anti-guerre, etc., bref, le diable en personne pour Washington. (Disons, une sorte d’\u00e9quivalent d\u00e9mocrate du r\u00e9publicain du Texas Ron Paul pour sa position par rapport au syst\u00e8me, les options politiques \u00e9tant dans ce cas secondaires par rapport \u00e0 l’enjeu de la lutte contre le syst\u00e8me.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n