in addition to that, we see -- and this was a remarkable surprise -- the socialist candidate hamdeen sabahy really turned out to be the dark horse in this election. he ran as an independent as a clear leftist agenda. all of the polls seem to have dismissed the fact that he would do well in this election. but very surprisingly, he came in third garnering roughly 21% of the vote and also winning in areas that have been known to be traditional strongholds of the muslim brotherhood. in the big cities -- cairo, alexandria -- and also in the poor rural districts of the delta. so, the political map that emerged from the november parliamentary elections, which saw roughly three-quarters of the vote go islamist and one-quarter secularists, now we have a completely different map that is highly diverse and shows what i think is a very healthy sign that political pluralism is very much alive and well in egypt. this makes for what is turning out to be a very competitive race. third, and i think related to this, it shows that the electorate is highly engaged and highly mobilized. i think what we've seen