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Hillary Clinton projected winner by CrowdRules members

Who's on first?

CrowdRules.com, the leader in user-generated voting, has just completed a challenge to predict the winner of the 2008 elections. The winner was Hillary Clinton, with a rating of 3.5 out of a possible 5.

For one week, CrowdRules members were asked to rate each of 20 candidates based on the member's opinion of the likelihood that a given candidate will be elected in the 2008 Presidential election.

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Rudy Giuliani, and John Edwards were ranked 1 to 5, respectively. Despite not having announced their candidacies, both Al Gore and Michael Bloomberg were included in the survey. Bloomberg was ranked 6th.

With nearly a year and a half to go before the Presidential election, it's too early to predict the actual outcome. Yet voter sentiment indicates Clinton has a strong lead: Obama, ranked second in the challenge, only achieved a 3.0 rating.

Challenges on CrowdRules are user-generated: any member at any time can pose a challenge, ask the crowd to contribute possible answers in text, photo, audio, or video format, then have the crowd rate them. Everything from Presidential elections to the best new media phone can be rated.

For further details about the Presidential challenge, or to find out more about running challenges on Crowdrules, email us at contactus@crowdrules.com.

Dave @ CrowdRules

CrowdRules Moves Into Politics

Hey You,

Yes, you! The next Presidential election has started earlier - with more money being spent, more coverage, and more candidates in the field - than any other Presidential election in history. With all that noise added to the usual noise on the Internet, it's time to start filtering.

That's where CrowdRules comes in. We'll be running a regular CrowdRules candidate rating challenge to find out who you think will be the winner. We'll also include some potential candidates as well. There's one going on right now at The Next President.

How can you help? It's easy - just rate each candidate in the "The Next President?" Challenge. Each candidate is represented by their official campaign photo.

We have a LOT of ideas about how CrowdRules can be used in the coming elections. Let us know if you have cool ideas too!

Peace out,

Dave @ CrowdRules

Grayson Brulte Talks with CrowdRules Winning Bands!

Hey everyone,

We finished the first two unsigned band contests on CrowdRules, and we're pleased to say that the voting went FANTASTIC! No gaming, no problems, just great objective voting to rank the bands in the contests. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Soul Bomb from Montreal won the first contest. TGL from Greencastle, Indiana won the second contest. Grayson Brulte spoke for almost an hour with each band, giving them insight and tips on how to further their careers. We're anxiously awaiting TGL's new CD!

These contests helped the bands, and also helped us finish testing on our algorithms. Look for bigger, more exciting contests in the future!

Dave @ CrowdRules