Well, I was hoping for more participation on this poll by now. Oh well.

At this point we have a total of 10 votes. The largest number of votes was cast for "not voting all." Ha ha! I'm guessing those are dusgruntled Republican's who won't even vote for McCain to stop Obama, but who knows.

The winner of the election is Obama. He gets 4 of the remaining 7 votes that were cast for actual candidates --- 57% of the popular vote. 2 of those votes were for cast for him because the voters were excited about him, and 2 were cast because he was the lesser of two evils.

Next we have 2 votes cast for Third Party Candidates -- 28% of the popular vote. Way to go Nader and Barr and any other Third Party Candidates! That is a respectable showing. 1 of those votes was for cast for the third parties because the voter was excited about the candidate, and 1 was cast because he was the lesser of two evils.

Poor John McCain is dead last with 1 vote --- 14% of the popular vote. That 1 lonely vote was not cast because the voter was excited about McCain, but because he was considered the lesser of two evils. Presumably this vote was cast by McCain himself, and it's just too bad he couldn't even muster any excitement for himself.

Anyway, this sample is so small and limited to canncom members, so it would be ridiculous to draw any conclusions, but it seems like a lot of people do vote for the lesser of two evils or consider the whole process so evil they won't even participate. 30% did not want to vote at all, and 40% voted as a protest against the opponent. That is sad. Only 30% of the respondents were excited about their choice.

Like I said, it would be ridiculous to draw conclusions from this poll. But I see this mirroring how I think this election will go to some extent. I think Obama has enough excitement behind him to win. I think some Republicans will be so demoralized and uninspired by McCain that they will just stay home, and others will vote for third party candidates. McCain will mostly get votes from people opposed to Obama, and it won't be enough to overcome enthusiasm in the Democratic party or malaise in the Republican party.