1 Sep
Another area of the country has spoken and Barack Obama has made a clean sweep of this year’s bobbleelections. The Rivercats are the 8th team to have such a promotion and although results were not published, I was told that the Obama bobbles ran out about 10 minutes prior to the McCains. 750 of each were distributed.
Imagine if they had Biden and Palin bobbles? I would think Palin would win since she’s better looking than Biden, haha.
10 Aug
Barack Obama continued his dominance of Bobblection Week 2008, collecting nearly 60% of the vote on Sunday at Sioux Falls Stadium. Obama bobbleheads were selected over John McCain bobbleheads by a margin of 500 to 405, as Obama won for the fifth consecutive Bobblection. Obama has won all five states, and leads McCain 3,500 to 2,846 in total bobbleheads
Bobblection Week 2008 began on Wednesday night in New York at the home of the Hudson Valley Renegades. Obama won the first Bobblection in a narrow margin, 750 to 719. In an even closer vote on Tuesday, Obama made it two in a row, winning in Massachusetts as Brockton Rox fans gave him a 500 to 456 win. The first decisive victory for Obama came on Friday night in South Carolina when the fans of the Charleston Riverdogs overwhelmingly selected the democratic nominee 500 bobbleheads to just 360 for McCain. Obama clinched a victory in states won with a win in Minnesota on Saturday. The fans of the St. Paul Saints, despite being in the city of the Republican National Convention, selected Obama to the tune of 1250 bobbleheads to 906.
Bobblection Week 2008 will conclude with one final vote on Monday night at the Fort Myers (FL) Miracle game.
Here are the stats through the first 5:
TEAM OBAMA McCAIN
Hudson Valley, NY 750 (51.3%) 713 (48.7%)
Brockton, MA 500 (52.3%) 456 (47.7%)
Charleston, SC 500 (58.1%) 360 (41.9%)
St. Paul, MN 1250 (58%) 906 (42%)
Sioux Falls, SD 500 (55.2%) 405 (44.8%)
TOTALS 3,500 ( 55.2%) 2,846 ( 44.8%)
10 Aug
ST. PAUL – U.S. Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated Sen. John McCain in the “Bobblection” held at Midway Stadium Saturday evening, before the St. Paul Saints beat the Fort Worth Cats 9-7. Obama’s strong showing in this important indicator of public opinion comes as his Minnesota campaign is gaining strength and momentum statewide. The Saints’ Bobblection track record cannot be questioned – in 2004, it correctly predicted the Minnesota results in the general election.
“Senator Obama is humbled that Saints fans recognize the need for real leadership to address the issues middle-class families are dealing with every day,” Obama’s Minnesota spokesman Nick Kimball said. “Saints fans are truly representative of Minnesota – hard working folks who enjoy a beautiful night of outdoor baseball.”
Obama’s strong showing – in what the McCain campaign acknowledged was a “vital contest” – came despite the strongest efforts of the McCain campaign to turn out in “full force” Saturday night.
Obama will build off the momentum gained from the Bobblection victory by continuing to build the strongest grassroots organization ever assembled in the state. Thousands of Minnesotans are invested in the campaign and are working in their own neighborhoods to bring real change and get our country back on track.
Obama will try to keep his streak alive tonight in Sioux Falls and with if he wins there he will go for the sweep tomorrow night in Fort Myers.
9 Aug
If Charleston RiverDogs’ fans are any indication, then Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States.
The RiverDogs, one of the six Minor League Baseball teams of The Goldklang Group,
conducted their Bobblection on Friday, Aug. 8, as the first 1,000 fans “voted” for either Barack Obama or John McCain by accepting a bobblehead likeness of each presidential candidate. The candidate whose bobble-likeness ran out first was declared the winner.
Earlier in the week, The Group’s Hudson Valley (NY) Renegades and the Brockton (MA) Rox held their elections and Obama walked away with a close 51.8 percent of the vote.
In Charleston, the range was much larger as Obama supporters first reached the 500 mark for their bobbleheads. McCain fans were at 360.
Round 4 is in St. Paul Saturday.
8 Aug
The polls opened early at Campanelli Stadium with a double header pushing ahead the night’s start time to 5:05 PM. However voter turnout was strong and an early projection held true. During the first game of the doubleheader, the public address announcer declared that with 10% of the votes tallied, Obama held a slight edge. When all of the ballots were counted and verified (there will not be a re-count Florida), Obama had captured a majority vote of 52.3 percent.
Bobblection Week 2008 continues on Friday night in Charleston, South Carolina when the Charleston RiverDogs host the Rome Braves. Analysts have not yet cast any projection.
Brockton’s Bobblection was the second stop on the Bobblection Week 2008 tour. On Wednesday in Hudson Valley, New York, the Hudson Valley Renegades saw Obama sneak away with a tight victory.
7 Aug
The Hudson Valley Renegades were the first team to hold the Goldklang group’s 2nd ever bobbleElection and the results are in…750 for Obama, 713 for McCain. Fans 18 and over like myself were given tickets upon entry to redeem at “voting booths” by the right field picnic area at Dutchess Stadium. Obama claimed victory at approximately 7:40 pm after wich the remaining McCains were distributed to those who still had the raffle style tickets left.
Next stop on the campaign trail is August 7th with the Brockton Rox. Stay tuned.
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