The unfortunate truth is that iHerp was winning BEFORE the vote-hussling started, when the numbers were first posted, by having the regular active members vote on their home connection daily. When the totals were posted last week, Bush League's thread on the topic started bragging about how they were getting customers/employees etc to vote for them. That's when we (iHerp) started the vote-hustling in response, and tbh if they were nearly as dedicated as we are, we wouldn't even stand a chance, it's only because they occasionally care that we're able to keep up.
The same goes for bp.net! If everyone here participated as vigorously, bp.net would blow iHerp AND Bush League out of the water!