Ever wonder what pollster John Zogby is doing now that the elections are over? Zogby, famous for getting it totally wrong during the past presidential election, has enough free time these days to poll real people on who they think will win the presidential race on “The West Wing“. Um, has anyone told this guy it’s just a TV show? The Zogby website trumpets the following results:

Santos Favored over Vinick; Fictional Democrat Would Beat Fictional Republican, 44%-28%; Vinick Plagued by Gender Gap, Weak Showing Among GOPers, New Zogby Poll Reveals

Yeah, we know, it sounds like a fake headline from The Onion, right? The Canadian Press, of all people, alerted us to this story, showing us that even the Canadians care more about the “West Wing” than people here. The Zogby poll revels that Democratic Congressman Matthew Santos, played by dreamy Jimmy Smits, has a commanding lead when it comes to women over his Republican counterpart Sen. Arnold Vinick, played by the equally dreamy Alan Alda. With women, Santos/Smits outpolls Vinick/Alda by 53% to 22%. We’re not surprised, really. Did you all see the last episode? Santos even thawed out Donna’s frigid heart. Who would you like to see become the next president?

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