Results of Taco Truck Poll #1

The Great Plotnik's friends and family have been working hard for Barack Obama, traveling to other states, working on phone trees and the like. Plotnik feels shamed.

So he went out yesterday afternoon and conducted his own poll at a new taco truck, El Gallo Giro on 24th and Shotwell. Participating in the poll, which was conducted in Spanish, were the lady in the truck serving the tacos, and a gentleman ordering his.

Before giving the results of this poll, two considerations should be mentioned.

1) The gentleman ordered 11 tacos! Eleven! And he said they were not all for him, but he did not order them to go.

2) The taco truck has an OBAMA/BIDEN '08 sign in the window.

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The Question was: "Are you voting for Obama, McCain or Nader?"

Results: Of those polled, Obama received 3 votes, McCain 0, Nader 0.

However, when the question was phrased: "If you could, would you rather vote for Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Barack Obama, John McCain or Ralph Nader?" the tally changed to Zapata 2, Obama 1 (me), Villa 0, McCain 0, Nader 0.

Zapata therefore displayed surprising strength vis a vis his long time rival Villa.

More importantly, the gentleman with all the tacos said he travels all over California and that every Latino person he knows is voting for Obama, except for the Central American evangelicals, who are voting for McCain. And Latinos are all voting.

Then he said something very interesting: he said neither candidate has said one word about any subject that this gentleman cares about, especially about Latin America, but he lives here now and he is going to vote for the person who will be the best for this country, not any other country. And that person is Obama.

The Great Plotnik really liked hearing that.

We shall poll again all week, at different taco trucks in San Francisco. This poll is funded by TACO (Taco Action COmmittee), which is, basically, me. The Great Plotnik approves this message, and also the carne asada.



It should probably also be mentioned that this car was parked next to the taco truck, and always is. This suggests that aliens work nearby, and that they are not being polled. Further research is necessary.