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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Thompson comes in 7th in New Hampshire

Sure most news reports are playing up Fred's 6th place finish with 1% of the vote, but let's not forget the write in candidates! 4,058 write ins were collected and Fred only got 2,808 votes, so really he was 7th.

How bad was it? Dennis Kucinich who was barred from the Democratic debates got 3,845 votes. Yep that's 1,000 more votes than Fred. Ouch.

Of course in Iowa, Fred finished 4th but combining his results in Iowa and New Hampshire he is trailing notables like Ron Paul by 10,000 votes.

Next up is Michigan where Fred is polling dead last at 4% of the vote.

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