Who was the greater skater?

Carol Heiss came out swinging and never looked back. She held 92% of the cumulative lead on day 1, climbed to 97% by day 2, and locked in 99% by day 3 — a margin that barely moved through the final stretch. No lead changes, no late surge from Mao Asada, just a steady march to a 70.6%-29.4% finish across 25,924 to 10,804 votes.

Both skew heavily female, but Carol's coalition ran even more lopsided — 16 women to 2 men in the sample, versus Mao's 6-to-3. Geography told the same story: South Korea and the United States piled onto Heiss, while the Philippines stood alone as Mao's only charted stronghold in a poll that drew 36,728 votes over 4 days.

• Wire-to-wire lead · Heiss led 92% of the vote from day 1 and only grew stronger.
• Lopsided female base · Heiss backers ran 16 women to 2 men, the sharpest split in the sample.
• Lone holdout · Philippines was the only charted country favoring Mao Asada.
• Final margin · 25,924 to 10,804 — a 41-point rout with zero lead changes.