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You Said It: A TSC Weekly Poll: Which Candidate Would Be Best for Wall Street?

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Taking our place among the election-mad fellow members of the fourth estate, for this week's poll we at TheStreet.com turn to the world of politics. The vast hype and huge (or "huge") turnout at this weekend's Iowa Republican straw poll is reminiscent of this reporter's local branch of one national pharmahemoth, which has Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations in the window already.

Be that as it may, TSC hangs its tinsel and blinking lights in the display case with this early, early question: Which of the current leading candidates (based, admittedly imperfectly, on the straw poll results and the tiny Democratic field) would be the best president for Wall Street and investors? (A tip of the star-spangled hat to our friendly rivals at Barron's, which sports a similar cover story this weekend.)

Here's how you voted.

TSC Polling Place Results

Question: Which candidate would be the best president for Wall Street?

Responses: 600 Last updated: Mon Aug 16, 8:56 AM EDT Bill Bradley. 12% George W. Bush. 31% Steve Forbes. 36% Al Gore. 13% None of the above. 7%