One of the largest unofficial and unscientific polls to come out of late regarding the 2008 presidential election was recently published and Obama appears to be ahead 43% to 31% among participants of the Microsoft / Rock the Vote poll. Nearly 100,000 owners of the Xbox 360 gaming console were able to cast their vote as of Friday from the comfort of their home using just their controllers.

There are quite a number of undecided voters as well as “others” who we’ll toss up into the undecided column for now.

Obama \ Biden: 43%
McCain \ Palin: 31%
Undecided: 13%
Other: 13%

Perhaps just as interesting as the poll is the registration drive which is attached, where users can register to vote via the service. According to Microsoft, 55,000 registration forms have been downloaded since the poll began August 25th.

However, the LA Times put it into perspective nicely

So although Xbox Live users represent a chunk of the youth demographic, which could swing key states such as Nevada, a big question remains: Will online gamers rip themselves away from the likes of Guitar Hero and Madden NFL 09 to go to the polls Nov. 4?