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MoveOn Presidential Process

Presidential Process Survey

In most presidential primary processes, pundits, wealthy donors, and the party establishment determine the outcome long before the actual primaries. By the time the rest of us cast our ballots, the nomination is typically a done deal. As we build our movement to defeat Bush, we could let that happen again. Or, we could engage in the primaries as a coordinated grassroots base. Should we? Please tell us what you think below.

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Do you support our proposed candidate engagement process?

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We would like to start a candidate engagement process in which:

  1. MoveOn members hear from candidates through email and our website.
  2. We engage the campaigns on issues through an online interview.
  3. MoveOn members vote online in a "MoveOn Primary"
  4. If a candidate wins a majority in the primary, we endorse him or her.
We've already taken a straw poll of MoveOn members and the top three candidates are Governor Dean, Senator Kerry, and Congressman Kucinich. No candidate currently has more than 50% support. We will give each of these three candidates an opportunity to engage our entire MoveOn base, through a special email next week. All nine Democratic candidates will be listed online and all nine candidates will be asked to respond to the MoveOn interview - which will consist of the top five questions from MoveOn members.

If you agree that MoveOn should move toward an early endorsement, we will hold the first "MoveOn primary" before the end of the month. If a candidate emerges with majority support, then MoveOn.org Political Action will endorse and immediately begin doing work to elect that candidate, including an urgent fundraising appeal in time for the June 30 quarterly FEC filing deadline and a call for volunteers.

If no candidate wins a majority, then we will encourage MoveOn members to volunteer for and contribute to the candidates of their choice. And we'll provide a special Web page to make it easy to do that.

Even if that process does not end with a definite endorsement this month, MoveOn members' voices will be heard. A much broader base of citizens than usual will have an impact. This candidate engagement process is the beginning of something big: a Web-enabled, nationwide network to defeat Bush.

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