The Baker/Polito ticket defeated the Gonzales/Palfrey ticket by a margin of 1,781,341 votes to 885,770. In the ward of Palfrey, there is Walsall's most-attended mosque, Masjid-Al-Farouq, alongside Aisha Mosque. Palfrey and Poole discuss this in their paper on information and voting behaviour. A narrative poem, "The Palfrey", was published in 1842. The police stated that Palfrey's family believed the notes were written by Palfrey. April becomes disgusted with Delauney's behaviour afterward and drives off with Palfrey. With his life falling apart, Palfrey commits suicide. For examples see McKelvey and Palfrey (1992) and Nagel and Tang (1998). A "white palfrey" appears in the fairy tale "Virgilius the Sorcerer" by Andrew Lang.