Wow! You guys really came through over the last two days.

As of early this morning, you guys raised $16,350.99 for the poll from 388 donors.

The poll has already been in the field for two days, and there will be another five or six days when it is in the field in order to complete all of the interviews. Once the polling and the analysis of the poll is done, we will begin to release the results, starting sometime early or mid-next week.

The poll is set to cost anywhere from the high $14,000's to the low $15,000's, depending on how many polling calls are needed to complete the sample. We also needed a few hundred for administrative costs, such as money transfer fees and potential refunds. We are also looking to gather another few hundred dollars in order to promote the poll, and give in the media attention it deserves.

With all of that in mind, we are setting a final target of $17,000. That amount will guarantee that will have enough money for the poll to be done well and promoted well. I should also mention that no one is making money on this. None of us here on MyDD are making money. We are going to get the analysis of the poll on a great discount.

We are well within site of our final goal. If we can get just 15 or 16 more contributors, we will have it. Any extra money we receive will be reserved for future polls we will conduct.

So please, help top us off. You guys have been great, and this is a really important project. Let's get to the point where we can stop asking for money, and start talking about results.