"Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 9:50 AM EDT
Obama stages unbelievable comebackThe Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
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In one of the greatest comebacks in the history of unscientific online polls, Barack Obama outdistanced rivals John McCain and Hillary Clinton as the presidential favorite of readers of The Business Journal of the Greater Triad's website.

Obama received 49 percent of the 549 votes cast, compared to 35 percent for McCain, 11 percent for Clinton and 2 percent for Ralph Nader.

The informal poll was conducted between March 5 and March 12.

Readers were asked simply "Who's your candidate now?' among the remaining presidential candidates.

Amazingly, McCain had a comfortable lead in the poll as of Tuesday morning, with more than 50 percent of the vote. But in the poll's final 24 hours, about 170 more votes were cast -- virtually all for Obama. " (Business Journals)