Voting works in a way on based on which one versus which one has more votes. Apparently what most likely was the case was that the empty baseplate had more votes than the first place because the first place was most likely just published to the contest. The goal of contests are to pick the place with the more votes, so at the time, the empty baseplate most likely had more votes. When all fails on what you think would have more votes, try visiting the place then exiting it, so your chances of voting for the place and not losing points are very high. The chance of losing points when you visit a place is very slim. In my opinion also, all the contest places are really screwed up with free model overload and just one brick with a decal on it for a cover.
~Hope this helps.~ |