How LinkedIn Members Plan to Vote in Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday is tomorrow! We conducted a poll of our users in the Super Tuesday states to see how you plan to vote.
* Note: We conducted the poll over a week time period. On the last day of our poll, Edwards and Giuliani suspended/withdrew their respective candidacies.
Here are some key findings:
- Independent vote is critical and appears to favor Obama – Massachusetts has 31% of voters identifying themselves as Independents, most of the key states have nearly 20% of voters Independents.
- Independent voters: Obama leads among Independent voters in California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York.
Here are results from LinkedIn’s Presidential Poll in 6 of the key states, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York:
CALIFORNIA:
Among Democrats:
Obama 50%
Clinton 36%
Edwards 8%
Kucinich 1%
Undecided 5%
Among Republicans:
Romney 31%
McCain 30%
Undecided 17%
Giuliani 9%
Huckabee 9%
Paul 6%
Among Independents:
Obama 50%
Clinton 14%
Edwards 12%
Paul 9%
McCain 7%
Other 7%
Huckabee 2%
Hunter 2%
GEORGIA:
Among Democrats:
Obama 56%
Clinton 36%
Undecided 4%
Edwards 3%
Kucinich 1%
Among Republicans:
Romney 27%
Huckabee 21%
Undecided 18%
McCain 16%
Giuliani 9%
Paul 7%
Keyes 2%
Among Independents:
Obama 38%
Clinton 16%
Edwards 12%
Paul 9%
McCain 6%
Huckabee 6%
Giuliani 6%
Romney 3%
Other 3%
ILLINOIS:
Obama 69%
Clinton 24%
Edwards 6%
Undecided 3%
Among Republicans:
McCain 39%
Romney 20%
Paul 16%
Huckabee 10%
Giuliani 9%
Undecided 9%
Among Independents:
Obama 57%
Paul 19%
Edwards 10%
McCain 10%
Romney 7%
Clinton 5%
MASSACHUSETTS:
Among Democrats:
Clinton 44%
Obama 43%
Edwards 5%
Undecided 6%
Kucinich 1%
Among Republicans:
Romney 55%
McCain 24%
Giuliani 11%
Undecided 5%
Paul 5%
Huckabee 3%
Among Independents:
Obama 30%
McCain 19%
Clinton 15%
Edwards 11%
Romney 11%
Paul 11%
NEW YORK:
Obama is leading in New York. Giuliani was leading in New York with Romney in second. Giuliani has endorsed McCain.
Among Democrats:
Obama 50%
Clinton 37%
Edwards 4%
Undecided 8%
Kucinich 1%
Among Republicans:
Giuliani 24%
Romney 21%
McCain 18%
Undecided 17%
Paul 15%
Huckabee 6%
Among Independents:
Obama 46%
Giuliani 12%
McCain 11%
Clinton 9%
Romney 5%
Edwards 4%
Huckabee 2%
Hunter 2%
Kucinich 2%
NEW JERSEY:
Among Democrats:
Clinton 42%
Obama 41%
Edwards 9%
Undecided 6%
Kucinich 2%
Among Republicans:
Giuliani 29%
Romney 23%
McCain 19%
Undecided 13%
Huckabee 10%
Paul 4%
Keyes 2%
Among Independents:
Obama 44%
Clinton 15%
Romney 10%
Paul 10%
McCain 7%
Other 5%
Giuliani 2%
Huckabee 2%
Kucinich 2%
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Kathy Sena February 14th, 2008
Jane, thanks for sharing this info. Fascinating! I’m jazzed at all the ways you are improving the service here, and I’m excited about the future of LinkedIn. Keep up the good work — and the surveys.
Kathy Sena