Who Belongs In The Hall of Fame

Tommy Oliver grabbed the early lead, lost it to Jason Lee Scott by day 2, then seized it back on day 15 — up 35 points. That should have been the ballgame. Instead, over the next 171 days, Jason clawed the margin down almost daily, from 35 points to 30, to 20, to 13, finally to just 1.9 points at the close, without ever pulling back in front.

Neither man ever needed the other 145 names on the ballot to worry about — Andros, the closest of the rest, topped out at 3.2%. Of 3,124 votes cast over 186 days, 413 settled it for Tommy after a slow-motion erosion that never quite finished the job.

• The Double Flip · Lead changed hands twice within the first 15 days.
• The Long Erosion · Tommy's 35-point cushion shrank to 1.9 points by the end.
• Two-Horse Race · 145 other options never cracked 3.2% of the vote.
• Transatlantic Split · US voters favored Tommy; UK voters favored Jason Lee Scott.