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The following question was presented:

The inaugural EastBayRag vote. So what should the question be on? (And no, that’s not the actual question of the vote – it’s part of the lead in before you try to be clever). I thought about having something on the construct of the website, but that seemed a little boring – possibly for later weeks. I have a set question that spawned the idea of the website, but my wife won’t let me ask it as it’s a bit rude. (Don’t worry, it’ll probably be the question next week – given that she doesn’t listen to me, I doubt she’ll take the time to read something I’ve written).

Well, given that this site is being read from both sides of the pond and this week seems to mean more to one side than the other, I figured it probably appropriate to have something on the whole Wednesday issue. OK, I suppose I better acknowledge it by its proper name then – the Fourth of July.

So, where is your honor/honour? Do you drop the letter “u”, over use the letter “z” or eat a lot of roast beef? After 200+ years of independence, what say you:

Results:

Rule Britannia was the clear winner with 57% of the votes selected from the following:

• Rule Britannia (57%)
• Uncle Sam For Me (43%)
• Neither (0%)

Graphic of Results:

Analysis:

First, a big thank you to the thousands of people that came out and voted on this inaugural vote. We had a staggering response to this feature. Well, maybe the only thing that was staggering was me walking back from the pub last night, but still, a big thank you to those that voted.

Second, a big thank you to the team of vote counters employed to count the votes as they come in. (I know we said this was all automated, but really each vote is printed and put into a ballot box for counting later).

So what do we make of this? A bigger British response than American. I suppose there's a couple of easy choices:

a) I don't have many friends in America (compared to in England which still isn't many)
b) Most American's were on holiday this week and didn't look at the site
c) There's a lot of Brits out there to prove a point
d) American's couldn't vote

As with the golden rule of multiple choice exams, go with your first choice and don't go back and change. So that means ..... Oh ..... OK - I guess this vote means I don't have many friends. Oh well, it's never bothered me before and it's not going to bother me now.

To anybody who's taking the time to read, hope you had a great Independence Day (or week if you got to take time off) regardless of which side of the pond you are on. Mine was OK. Would have been better if Lewis Hamilton had won the British Grand Prix, but it was still a good race.

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