Every two weeks we check the pulse of the Daily Kos community … and the wider internet, to see which candidate generates the most support. Let’s vote! Polls will close at 5 PT/8 ET.

There are something like 18 candidates who have qualified for the first debate. We don’t list all 18 because, quite frankly, they don’t (currently) matter. The candidates listed here have all managed to garner more than 1 percent of the vote in past straw polls. Given that the “other” option generally hovers around 3 percent, it’s not as if there’s huge demand for the other 10+ candidates. If any relegated candidate appears to be catching fire, they can always be brought back at a future time.

I rotate candidates every edition of the straw poll. I’d love an auto randomizer, but that won’t happen for a while.