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Well, the results are in and they aren’t terribly surprising.

Move On.org has published the results of its online primary, which has garnered remarkable media attention, and candidates finished more or less the way everyone expected.

A total of 317,647 people voted, which, as Move On organizers noted, is larger than the combined vote totals of the New Hampshire Democratic primary and Iowa caucuses.

When voters were asked to select one candidate, the results were as follows:

1. Dean — 139,360 (43.87%)
2. Kucinich — 76,000 (23.93%)
3. Kerry — 49,973 (15.73%)
4. Edwards — 10,146 (3.19%)
5. Gephardt — 7,755 (2.44%)
6. Graham — 7,113 (2.24%)
7. Braun — 7,021 (2.21%)
8. Lieberman — 6,095 (1.92%)
9. Sharpton — 1,677 (0.53%)
10. Other — 6,121 (1.93%)
11. Undecided — 6,378 (2.01%)

No big surprises here. The only thing I found odd is that over 6,000 people voted “undecided.” If they’re undecided, why’d they vote in the primary?

Anyway, the Move On Primary ballot had a second question, this one asking participants who they would “enthusiastically support” in the general election, regardless of which candidate was their favorite. (On this question, you could vote for more than one candidate.)

These results largely mirrored the first question, with Dean coming in first, garnering support from over 86% of the participants. Kucinich came in second, Kerry third. (28.47% said they’d support any Democratic candidate.)

More importantly, however, three candidates got under 50% — Sharpton (35.48%), Lieberman (42.01%), and Graham (49.70%). Not a good sign for these three.

Also worth noting, a couple of days before voting began, Move On agreed to leave a “write in” slot on the ballot. The top three write-in candidates were Wesley Clark, with 2,968 votes (0.93%), followed by Al Gore with 786 votes (0.24%) and Hillary Clinton with 592 votes (0.19%).

For you Clark fans, and you know who you are, you can take some solace in knowing that Clark beat Sharpton, despite not being an announced candidate and without even appearing on the ballot.