Sorting divs by number inside div tag and jQuery

Question

I\'m trying to sort a list of divs with jQuery. Essentially the list might look like this:

Answer 1

var jVotes = $('div.contest_entry span.votes'), vals = [];
jVotes.each(function() {
    var numVotes = $(this).html(); // may also be able to use .text()
    vals.push(numVotes);
    $(this).data('num-votes', numVotes);
});
vals.sort(function(a, b) {
    return (a < b) ? -1 : (a > b) ? 1 : 0;
});
var jParent = $('selector for parent container');
for (var i = 0; i < jVotes.length; i++) {
    jParent.append(jParent.find('[data-num-votes=' + vals[i] + ']'));
}