TechCrunch Tech Presidential Primaries

TechCrunch wants to provide a voice for digital policy and technology issues in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, and so we’ve decided to hold our own political primaries online. Voting will be open from Tuesday, December 18, 2007 through noon PST Monday, January 28, 2008. TechCrunch will endorse one candidate from each the Democratic and Republican party as the pro-tech candidate based on the popular results of reader voting and blog input from our community of technology leaders and entrepreneurs.

Check out where the candidates stand on tech issues:

Net Neutrality Immigration and H1B Visas
Taxes & Internet Taxes Technology Education
Digital Divide Identity Theft
Mobile Spectrum Auction China
Intellectual Property Renewable Energy
Other

Voting Results

Voting results are based on popular votes submitted from Tuesday, December 18, 2007 through Noon PST Monday, January 28, 2008.

Democratic
Democratic party

  % votes
Barack Obama 60% 3479
John Edwards 26% 1498
Mike Gravel 6% 388
Hillary Clinton 6% 367
Republican
Republican party

  % votes
Ron Paul 73% 7427
John McCain 16% 1635
Mike Huckabee 5% 522
Mitt Romney 3% 329
Rudy Giuliani 1% 151

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