Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the Northeast (Los Angeles) Democratic Club, sent out an informal survey to a few hundred Los Angeles progressives recently, and almost 500 folks returned it, showing Edwards in the lead (at a time when an LA Times/CNN/Politico poll showed Clinton leading among California Dems). Dick and Sharon aren’t pollsters, and they admit that openly, but still, the results are interesting:

Senators John Edwards and Barack Obama lead the field among those taking the survey, with Edwards capturing 32% of respondents to Obama’s 26%. Senator Hilary Clinton trails with 15%, just ahead of Representative Dennis Kucinich at 12% and the undecided vote at 11%.

LA Progressive readers were invited to complete this eight-question survey asking their preference for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, which candidates they would not support in the general election, the most important issues helping them make that determination, and the likelihood they will volunteer for a presidential campaign. Results showed that at least 1,272 opened the email invitation, 574 opened the survey, and 498 people completed it.

The results are even more interesting when a subgroup analysis is performed, by race and gender — check out the full piece here. I’ll still maintain that Edwards has by far the most progressive agenda of the three leading Dem candidates. And in related news, although he was never considered a top candidate, sad that Kucinich has dropped out of the race. He is and will always be THE rockstar of all the Dem candidates.