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Kerry Pounces On Antarctica | Planet Waves for Nov. 3, 5:31 a.m. CET John Kerry has won Antarctica by a more than three-to-one margin over George Bush -- at least at the huge McMurdo Station, the largest of three bases on the world's southern-most continent. According to our Antarctic source, Nicole, who called into Planet Waves editorial headquarters in Paris just before 5 am CET, Kerry received 66.8% of the the vote, Bush received 19.5% and Nader received 6.4%. The other votes were not accounted for. About 900 people (including a bunch of project managers who generally don't stick around for the cold weather) inhabit the base during the summer, and 452 of them voted -- about half of the population. Seasons in the southern hemisphere are opposite what they are in the northern hemisphere, hence, it is springtime there. CNN has projected that it is currently autumn in the northern hemisphere. There are two other American stations in Antarctica, the South Pole Station and the Palmer Station, though they are much smaller. Vote counts were unavailable for those stations. I forgot to ask Nicole whether the fact that Antarctica is melting influenced the vote. It probably did, just guessing. This was my first phone call ever from down there. Antarctica has no electoral votes, one of the few things it has in common with many other places. More on McMurdo Station here: | ||||||
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