Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio asked his supporters yesterday to make Sen. Barack Obama their second choice in Iowa if he does not meet the 15% threshold in precincts in Iowa.
If a candidate does not meet this threshold in a particular precinct, their supporters must support a candidate who has reached that mark or they can go home (this is only true on the Democratic side).
This is why second choice candidates are so important in Iowa, and the top three candidates have been vying for Richardson, Biden, Dodd, and Kucinich's supporters to make them their second choice if they do not make 15%.
Kucinich is the first also-ran candidate to openly declare an alliance with another candidate. However, he is polling very poorly in Iowa as of late, coming in consistently at 1 or 2%.
Kucinich did say that this agreement with Obama was only relevant in Iowa and not New Hampshire or any other states.
But, this could be the boost Obama needed with 2 days to go before the Iowa caucuses and could just be enough to tip the balance for him in the very tight three-way race in Iowa.
We'll see how much impact this and other campaign alliances will have on January 3rd.
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Kucinich really has no other choice but Obama, because he is such a staunch anti-war figure. Any other choice would be disingenuous.
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