As of about 3 pm EST, there were 392 votes cast as follows:
1. Barack Obama (81%)
2. John McCain (10%)
3. Ralph Nader (4%)
4. Bob Barr (3%)
5. Cynthia McKinney, Chuck Baldwin, Roger Calero (each 1%)
While there were 38 votes for Senator McCain among the readers, there were 39 votes for the third party candidates, including 21 for third party candidates of the left. I suppose there are no real surprises here, certainly not in the overwhelming support for Obama. I suspect some of the McCain supporters are religious conservatives and some are libertarians opposing an Obama victory. In any case, for the 14% of readers who voted for some candidate of the 'right' (though I'm a bit reluctant to lump Barr in with Baldwin and McCain), you'll be happy to know that I'm hopeful an Obama victory will permit me to ignore politics for a long time!
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