I think that we should take a look at the throwaway votes, and the people who came in and bandwagoned j_L late, particularly Snoopdogg. Throwaway's dont include Walrus, who was an obvious competitor in the running, but those who voted Esemesas, TNT, Tamius, etc. Slinky's vote on TNT is an obvious throwaway and comes quite late in the day, so why not just bandwagon j_L? And snoopdogg's voteswitch to j_L is strange, one could argue that he was trying to avoid a tie, but honestly, who would tie so early in the game? My suspicion is that Walrus is a packmate and he was trying to ensure that Walrus didn't get lynched.
Vote Snoopdogg