PIML 96052205 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: Date: Tue, 21 May 96 22:27:00 PDT From: CampaignNews@HarryBrowne96.org Subject: release: Browne Leads Internet Polls Harry Browne for President NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 1996 Libertarian Browne Leads Internet Polls, Dubbed 'President of CyberSpace' Libertarian Presidential candidate Harry Browne is a consistent winner in Presidential preference polls on the Internet -- so much so that popular Seattle talk-show host Tom Isenberg has dubbed him, "President of CyberSpace." In three prominent Internet polls, Browne has outpaced his Presidential rivals (as of May 19): * In the CNN/Time Virtual Election poll, Browne is in first place with 23% of the vote, ahead of Bob Dole with 19%, Bill Clinton at 18%, Pat Buchanan with 17%, John Hagelin at 9%, and Ross Perot with 5%. * The Vox Pop Strawpoll has Browne way ahead with 41%, trailed by Clinton at 23%, Dole with 20%, Ralph Nader at 4%, and Perot at 3%. * In the Survey.Net poll, Browne leads handily with 31%, followed by Clinton at 18%, Buchanan with 11%, and Dole at 10%. And Browne is in second place in the RTIS CyberPoll, the MIT Internet Presidential Poll, and the IPT Interactive Voting Booth. Why is Browne doing so well in these polls? Campaign Director Sharon Ayres says, "Internet users may be more libertarian than most voters. But these polls still show that Harry Browne -- without national press coverage yet -- has attracted an enormous following through his book "Why Government Doesn't Work," an extensive presence on the Internet, and radio interviews in which he has talked to over 15 million Americans. Further, Harry Browne has staunchly defended Internet freedom; when the Communications Decency Act imposed censorship on the Internet, Browne announced he would pardon anyone convicted of violating its provisions." The Libertarian Party is America's third largest party. Its candidate will be chosen at its convention in Washington, D.C., July 3-7, and will be on the ballot in all 50 states. Browne is expected to win the nomination by a large margin. ### World Wide Web addresses for poll results: Vox Pop Strawpoll, http://www.voxpop.org/strawpoll/textresults.html CNN Time, http://pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/GDML/report/AllPolitics?All Politics/virtualelectionresults.html Survey.Net poll, http://www.survey.net/pol3r.html CyberPoll, http://www.rtis.com/nat/pol/cyberpoll/results.htm MIT Presidential Poll, http://vote.mit.edu/ IPT Interactive poll, http://www.ipt.com/vote/vote.htm -- Harry Browne for President - http://www.HarryBrowne96.org/ 4094 Majestic Lane, Suite 240, Fairfax, VA 22033 * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.