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Obama Winning the Jones Soda Election

June 11, 2008 02:50 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

First it was jeweler Ann Hand who started a popularity vote between Sens. Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama based on the sales.

Now, Jones Soda Co. is getting into the act by testing which candidate can sell the most of their Pure Cane Soda. Jones is selling the soda for the pricey $14.99 a six-pack and revealing the sales figures on their special site, campaigncola.com. So far, as Ann Hand found, the sales mirror the general popularity of the candidates. And that means Obama is winning.

We'll keep you updated on the Jones vote. And check back here next week when Whispers finally reveals who the most popular Capitol Bobble was in sales from maker WeBobble.com.

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Another "Election"

L.A. Burdick Chocolate in NH has put together two chocolate assortments meant to celebrate the all-American backgrounds of both Obama & McCain. You can also follow the results online!

http://www.burdickchocolate.com/selection2008bios.asp

"We'll keep you updated" they say

Somebody at "Whispers" has been TOLD to find as many fun-making stories as possible on the elections----to try to paint Barack as the candidate of lightweights.

And we thought this was USNWR. Nope, must be the conservatives snuck in to make a news magazine into something more like a tabloid.

Awesome

What an awesome, innovated viral marketing idea that can be tied directly to sales and revenue. Brilliant!

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