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?
Also see: Globe Weary of the Web