A while ago it was announced that Microsoft was teaming up with a polling company to let American users vote (not officially voting) by way of their 360s for the American election 2008. Well the results are in, and Obama / Biden won with 43% of the total vote, beating McCain / Palin at 31%. The leftover 13% were undecided.

Microsoft revealed the outcome of their unofficial "Rock the Vote" poll Monday, and Barack Obama and Joe Biden have come out on top. The poll, announced in early September, tasked Xbox 360 owners with downloading Gamerpics that represented their choice of candidate. The "Obama \ Biden" Gamerpic took a 12% lead with 43% of the total, and "McCain \ Palin" finished at 31%. A large number of those polled didn't throw their hat into any particular ring, however, with "Undecided" at 13%, and "Other" (read: Ron Paul) at 13%. As a poll hosted exclusively on Xbox Live, the results were meant to show which candidate is favored by a voting pool made up mostly of younger, tech-savvy people.

Almost 100,000 people participated in the poll, which Microsoft notes is larger than combined samples from Gallup, NBC, and CNN. On the other hand, this poll is targeted towards a very specific audience, and political analysts have known for months that Obama is favored among young voters. As compared to larger polls from services like Gallup, Obama recently took a more modest 4% lead. But as those polls have been up and down for months, it's impossible to predict the winner in November yet. If Obama is to get any benefit out of the younger voters who cast their ballots on Xbox Live, they'll have to show up to the real voting booth on November 4.

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