Don't see how #1 is winning. Not because it looks that bad (it might) but because the big majority of the comments have voted for #2 as Alozi mentioned already. Looks like alt accounting to me.
Alright I wasn't going to say anything at first because oh well there is still a chance that people prefer #1 over #2. But I keep checking the vote count and well...
It just jumped up from 28 to 35 in 5 minutes. Sorry but that seems suspicious to me. Every time that #2 has more votes than #1, there is a sudden jump in votes.
Also the total number of votes is very odd. Last year there was WAY more promotion and only like half of the vote amount.
If the vote is fair everything is fine and sure I won't have any problem with another entry winning but what is happening here seems just wrong.