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Monday, August 2, 2004 served as Bobblection Night, sending baseball fans to the polls in seven different ballparks. From Massachusetts to Minnesota, South Dakota to Florida, the event will be an early indicator in this Presidential election year.

The Charleston (SC) RiverDogs, Fort Myers (FL) Miracle, Hudson Valley (NY) Renegades, St. Paul (MN) Saints, Brockton (MA) Rox, and Sioux Falls (SD) Canaries and a stadium near Yale University - where both contenders studied -  teamed up to provide the country with a unique campaign event. 

The promotion is being sponsored by The Goldklang Group, an ownership, management and consulting firm based in New Jersey.

Each club gave away a number of bobblehead dolls (ranging from 1,000-2,500), half of which were the Republican candidate, President George W. Bush, and the other half the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry. 

Bobblection 2004 is believed to be the first organized promotion of its 
kind in professional sports to be performed simultaneously by different 
teams in different markets.

As fans pass through stadium turnstiles, they were directed to 
election booths. Once inside, had the option of casting their vote 
for President Bush or Senator Kerry. For participating in the voting, they 
received the Bobblehead doll of their choosing. When one candidate 
ran out of Bobbleheads, he was declared the winner of that ballpark’s 
Bobblection. The other candidate’s remaining dolls were then counted in order to get an accurate measure of the margin of victory.

Polls closed at 9 p.m. (EDT) and at the end of the night George Bush was declared the winner, having won 4 out of the 7 stadiums although with only a small margin of victory overall in total votes: 52-to-48 percent.

We'll find out in November - during the real election - whether the bobble head election results actually get the nod.

Click HERE to see how this election ended up predicting the REAL election results