Before I get to the good news, I'd like to let the members know how we choose the winner.

We expected the predictions to be varied on all counts, and set up the following qualifications and 'tie-breakers.'

First and foremost was name and percentage of the vote for the winner. Then the Democrat winner, his percentage and finally the order of the Top 5 Republican Candidates.

I'd first like to congratulate the 20 members who correctly identified Mike Huckabee winning with 34% of the vote. This is in order that they submitted their prediction.

LA
Racer1
JohnnyD
Ransack
Cabresch
setachctub
Buster13
Denise0513
The Big Red Bird
cyndiUSA
Boaz007
TXTENNman
open eyes
David Cooksey
SissyTheClown
Jimbo1185
BLusk
jimzgoff
brownkb
BWG

As the first Tie breaker qualification, we looked at the Democrat Caucus Winner. The following members correctly identified Obama as the winner of the Democratic Caucus.

JohnnyD
Ransack
Cabresch
Denise0513
The Big Red Bird
cyndiUSA
Boaz007
TXTENNman
open eyes
SissyTheClown
Jimbo1185
BLusk
jimzgoff
brownkb
BWG

The next tie-breaker was the percentage of the vote that the Democrat winner recieved. This was the final breaker and determined a winner, but we would like to mention 3 other members who were within 1 point as this was an extremely close contest.

Jimbo1185 - 38%
Ransack - 37%
Cabresch - 37%
BWG - 37%

Congratulations go to Jimbo1185 for winning the prediction contest.

On a side note, Jimbo1185, Ransack, and BWG also got the Republican Top 5 order correct, though Jimbo1185 was the only member to correctly predict all 5 questions.