Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Sport of Politics

Maybe I should start reading the sports....

"College teams’ wins affect political races, study says

WASHINGTON — Science is confirming something successful politicians seem to know instinctively — support your local football team.

The success of major college teams in the two weeks before an election can have a measurable impact on how well incumbent politicians do at the polls, researchers report in today’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

PFFFFFFFTTT
!!!!!


Time to PUNT, incumbents!

Related:
Washington Redskins Predict Presidential Elections

So what happened in
2004?

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Globe Weary of the Web