And the winner is.....

Well, BuyCostumes isn't quite sure about that, but since we have been 100% accurate on our presidential mask poll since 2000, we think we are qualified to make educated guesses...

BuyCostumes.com predicted that Hilary would win Indiana, but it was a tight race in North Carolina with the votes tied. As of this blog, Hilary Clinton is winning the popular vote in our poll and the real democratic race. Unfortunately, we all know that popular vote doesn't always determine the outcome of the race. Our poll is simplier than America's electorial process. With the super-delegates being factored in, it looks like Barack Obama is going to secure the vote.

Stay tuned for more updates and don't forget you can see the live stats on the poll everyday at
http://www.buycostumes.com/presidentialmaskpoll

Happy Voting!

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Barack Obama Rally - Tight Race in the Mask Poll

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both in town for the Wisconsin primaries Feb. 19th. I attended a rally in downtown Milwaukee to promote the Presidential Picture contest starting on President's Day (Mon. Feb 18th). Here are some of the pictures I took of Obama supporters.

Hopefully more to come with the Republican Reagan Dinner and an appearance by 500 John McCains.

Happy Voting!

BuyCostumes

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2008 Presidential Mask Poll Picture Contest

Now that BuyCostumes.com’s the 2008 Official Presidential Mask Poll is in full effect, we want to see pictures of the candidates in action! Does Hilary Clinton vacuum your living room? Or Does Barack Obama walk your dog? Does John McCain hold speeches at your rally? We want to see creative pictures that are laugh out loud funny.

To enter, you must submit a picture that features at least one of our presidential masks as well as a caption of no more than two sentences. The entries will be judged by our highly qualified political mask experts (a.k.a. the marketing department here at BuyCostumes.com). Judging is based on originality, humor and creative captions.

BuyCostumes.com will publish all appropriate pictures on the Presidential Mask Poll Pictures page. Five finalists will receive special placement on the pictures page and be considered for the Grand Prize, a $200 certificate to BuyCostumes.com. Finalists will be announced on March 4th, 2008. The public will then be asked to vote on who should win the grand prize. Voting will take place between March 5th and March 31st. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on March 31st, 2008.

Please keep your entries to one picture and caption. Email them to us at politicalmaskspoll@buycostumes.com. Please include the Name of the Submitter and a primary contact phone number. These will be used to contact the finalists and winners.

Official Rules and Regulations

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Super Tuesday- "Voting" is the way to a clear winner

Super Tuesday has come and gone, but neither party has a clear frontrunner for President of the United States. Super DUPER Tuesday, as some have called it, didn't quite live up to what was believed to be the end of the primaries and some candidate's campaigns. John McCain did well as predicted, but Mike Huckabee was the surprise dark horse of Republican race. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to duke it out for the Democratic nomination as they have been for the last few months. It has become obvious to me (even though I might be biased) that all of these so called "political experts" have no more idea who will be the next president than BuyCostumes.com does. So buy your masks and have some fun with it.

Happy Voting.

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Randamity: Boobs, Booze, Beads, and Presidents

This was the actual title of a segment by CW Arkansas news affiliate. Check out the video, she mentions BuyCostumes.com about half way through.

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BuyCostumes.com gets Sirius on the Jay Thomas Show

I had the pleasure of talking to Jay Thomas on his Sirius satellite radio talk show yesterday. It was a fun discussion about the BuyCostumes.com Presidential Mask Poll; I even got to throw in a few jokes too! If you have Sirius radio you should definitely check out the Jay Thomas Show on channel 102.

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The Initial Results are In!

The BuyCostumes.com Mask Poll has released it's first results! Not only can you see the results now, but you can share them with your friends and post them on your own blog or website. See the widget posting below

Have fun!
BuyCostumes.com

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Official Presidential Mask Poll Widget

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Firm uses mask sales to predict outcome of election

By DORIS HAJEWSKI
dhajewski@journalsentinel.com

A New Berlin costume retailer is aiming to unmask the identity of the next president ahead of the election, based on its sales of likenesses of the candidates' faces. Buycostumes.com, the largest online costume retailer in the U.S., has predicted accurately the outcomes of the 2000 and 2004 elections by tracking sales of masks of the candidates, founder Jalem Getz said.

This year, Getz saw an opportunity to generate publicity and sales early by selling 99-cent likenesses of eight primary candidates and reporting on the sales volume every week, from now until the general election in November.

"The more popular the mask, the more likely the candidate would win," Getz said.

Read all about it on Milwaukee Journal Sential Online

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BuyCostumes.com celebrates the primaries!

Check out our employees taking part in the launch of the Official 2008 Presidential Mask Poll!
Get in on the action too : 2008 Presidential Mask Poll



John McCain boxes up products to be shipped



Hillary Clinton picks costumes in the BuyCostumes.com warehouse


Barack Obama highlights spreadsheets




Mike Huckabee answers calls in customer service

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Official BuyCostumes.com Presidential Mask Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:
Rachel Kuebbing, (262) 901-2000, ext. 156
Rachelk@buycostumes.com





BUYCOSTUMES.COM UP TO ITS OLD TRICKS WITH A FEW NEW TREATS.
Outcome of 2008 Presidential Race to Be Foretold by Candidate Mask Sales

--After successfully predicting election results in 2000 and 2004, BuyCostumes.com launches The Official 2008 Presidential Mask PollSM to unmask our next president.—

MILWAUKEE, WIS. — January 30, 2008 — This week, BuyCostumes.com, the world’s largest e-tailer of costumes and accessories, unveils The Official 2008 Presidential Mask PollSM, an online straw poll that tallies votes for each presidential candidate based on sales of the candidates’ masks.

In 2000, BuyCostumes.com uncovered a very unusual trend: their sales of presidential candidates’ masks foretold the outcome of the election. Monitoring and tracking each sale of a candidate’s mask in the 2000 and 2004 elections, BuyCostumes.com 100% accurately predicted the outcome of both elections. In 2004, George Bush masks took 53% of the “votes” to John Kerry’s 47%, and in 2000, George Bush led by 57% compared with Al Gore’s 43%.

This year, the more official polls have had trouble tracking candidates’ progress in the race for the White House so BuyCostumes.com has jumped to the sidelines six months earlier than usual to help predict the outcome.

Eight custom paper masks have been created by the company to track the following candidates: Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney; Democrats Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama. These masks will be available exclusively at www.BuyCostumes.com/PresidentialMaskPoll for $0.99. As we near the conventions and campaign frontrunners emerge, BuyCostumes.com will also offer the very popular custom latex masks of those candidates. One mask purchase equals one vote.

“These masks are a lot of fun and an inexpensive way for people to show their support. I feel strongly that once again our poll will ultimately be the most reliable. After all, we’re the only poll that has so far been 100% accurate,” commented Jalem Getz, CEO of BuyCostumes.com. He adds, with a smile, “We’ve joked that this be the only way an election can be bought! The more masks you buy the more votes your candidate gets.”

Starting today, paper masks of eight presidential candidates will be available for purchase at www.BuyCostumes.com/PresidentialMaskPoll. Once again we will also provide sales data and statistics that show votes (mask sales) on a daily basis. Results can be viewed collectively for all candidates and also by an individual state.

New this year: BuyCostumes.com has created a custom website “widget” that will tally “voting” totals daily. The general public (or media outlets) can upload this widget to their websites, blogs or social networking sites in order to track the results of the Mask Poll in real-time. The widget along with other data will be available approximately 10 days after the masks go on sale and will be updated daily thereafter.



About BuyCostumes.com

Founded in 1999 BuyCostumes.com is the leading online‐only retailer of costumes, and accessories. BuyCostumes.com offers one of the largest assortments of costumes and party supplies for adults and children at any single location ‐‐ online or offline. BuyCostumes.com is operated by BUYSEASONS, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (LINTA).

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