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PHOTOS: Which Candidate Makes The Best Seat Mate?

Some of the most popular politicians in the country aren't up for election on Tuesday, a new survey of fliers reveals.

Working from a poll of more than 1,000 voters, Cheapflights has determined which of Tuesday's candidates would make the most preferred seat mate, asking "Which of these candidates would you most like to sit next to on a long flight?"

The list of options included Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, of course, as well as some perennial favorites like Bill and Hilary Clinton, Ronald Reagan and even Stephen Colbert.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, one wonders if Chris Christie or Michael Bloomberg might've picked up a few votes had they been included.

See the full list of presidential seat mates below, including their share of the Cheapflights vote.

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Candidates You'd Sit Next To On A Flight

19. Dan Quayle(01 of19)

Dan Quayle managed to get no votes in Cheapflights' survey of candidates fliers would want for a seat mate.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (credit:AP)

18. Rev. Jesse Jackson(02 of19)

Rev. Jackson got .3% of the votes.(AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek) (credit:AP)

17. John Edwards(03 of19)

John Edwards got half a percentage point of the total votes.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (credit:AP)

16. Gerald Ford(04 of19)

President Ford got .8% of the vote, though he died in 2006.(AP Photo/Charles Neibergall) (credit:AP)

15. Al Gore(05 of19)

The Vice President scored one percent of all votes in this election.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) (credit:AP)

14. Herman Cain(06 of19)

Cain picked up 1.4% of the total.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (credit:AP)

13. Ralph Nader(07 of19)

Nader pulled in 1.8% of votes.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:AP)

12. Ross Perot(08 of19)

The Texas billionaire got 2.1% of the Cheapflights votes.(AP Photo, file) (credit:AP)

11. Paul Ryan(09 of19)

Two and a half percent of people wanted to sit next to the Republican vice presidential candidate.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (credit:AP)

10. Joe Biden(10 of19)

Vice President Joe Biden got 3.4% of the total votes.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (credit:AP)

9. Jimmy Carter(11 of19)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter did slightly better than Vice President Biden, with 3.6% of the vote.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (credit:AP)

8. George W. Bush(12 of19)

Former President George W. Bush fell just short of another candidate in this voting, with a 5.6% share of the ballots.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (credit:AP)

7. Mitt Romney(13 of19)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got one more vote than President Bush to take seventh in this election.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (credit:AP)

6. Hilary Clinton(14 of19)

The Secretary of State got 7.9% of the vote.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (credit:AP)

5. Sarah Palin(15 of19)

Almost nine percent of travelers polled would like to share a long flight with the former VP candidate.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (credit:AP)

4. Stephen Colbert(16 of19)

Colbert won 11.8% of the ballots.(Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

3. Ronald Reagan(17 of19)

Deceased President Ronald Reagan pulled in 12.4% of the vote.(AP Photo/Peter Southwick, File) (credit:AP)

2. Bill Clinton(18 of19)

Former President Bill Clinton came in second in this poll, with 14.8% of the vote. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (credit:AP)

1. Barack Obama(19 of19)

The president was number one in the Cheapflights election, with 15.9% of more than 1,000 poll respondents saying they'd like to sit next to Obama on a long flight.(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (credit:AP)

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