Election winner is unmasked.

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   Don't trust the poll numbers?
   Here's an alternative that, if history is to be believed, is an accurate predictor of who will be the next POTUS. Halloween mask sales!
   
   
   A retailer Spirit Halloween, says that in the last four general elections the candidate whose Halloween mask sold the most won. The retailer is predicting Obama will win this year because his Halloween masks are outselling Romney's nearly two-to-one.
   
   According to the company CEO and president Steven Silverstein, "Our presidential index has proven to be a consistent and accurate predictor of the next president for nearly two decades." Newsmax reports Silverstein says that since his company began keeping the records, they have observed a consistent pattern that Halloween mask sales predict the winner of the general election:
   
   "Bill Clinton outsold Bob Dole by 71 percent to 29; George W. Bush outsold Al Gore by 57 percent to 43 and Bush outsold John Kerry by 65 percent to 35. Obama outsold McCain by 60 percent to 40."
   
   According to Silverstein, at about five weeks to Halloween, Obama masks are outselling Romney masks by 69 percent to 31.
   While skeptics scoff at the predictive significance of "Halloween mask poll," saying Spirit Halloween is only trying to advertise its products, ABC News reports that sales records at BuyCostumes.com, another costume retailer, corroborate the claims made by Spirit Halloween Stores. BuyCostumes.com's Halloween mask sales have correctly predicted the winner in at least three past elections against Spirit Halloween Stores' four.
   The Huffington Post also reports that sales records at BuyCostumes.com show that Obama masks are outselling Romney Halloween masks by more than 30 percent.
   But there are significant anomalies. BuyCostumes.com website features graphs showing that Obama Halloween mask sales are ahead of Romney's in Texas, a fact that critics say points to the predictive inaccuracy of mask sales because Texas is strongly Republican. The graphs also show that Romney mask sales are beating Obama mask sales in Massachusetts, a state analysts say is expected to vote Obama.
   Other notable patterns include the fact that Paul Ryan masks are outselling Romney masks in Alabama by a very wide margin, and Biden masks make up nearly 49 percent of Democratic mask sales in North Carolina.
   
   Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/3 … z27nwf714f

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      habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Sounds pretty scientific to me! lol
      
      But doesn't the taller candidate usually win? Romney has 1/2 - 1 inch on Obama.
      
      2 university think tanks that haven't been wrong with their presidential predictions in decades have each picked a different winner. Somebody's goin' down this year!
      
      According to Intrade, Romney's toast...badly burned toast.
      
      I'm just ready for it to be over so that Congress can get back to work. Yeah, I know - wishful thinking on my part.

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         Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         
         I think everyone has some wishful thinking going on!

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      Sooner28posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I hope this is right!

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   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

   Just today I heard about the new chia heads-- chia Obama and chia Romney. I wonder what those sales are predicting .... and who's a head?
   Of course, some people may have bought  a chia Obama last election year, and no one needs two, so the incumbent factor may skew the prediction.
   
   Then there's this. Sales are down.:
   

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   prettydarkhorseposted 12 years ago

   Interesting, cookie sales and even NFL :-)
   
   http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/art … ial-winner
   
   http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2768355.shtml?cat=1
   
   http://news.yahoo.com/your-nfl-team-can … ction.html
   
   OP title is ingenious!!

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      Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      What? No girl (pink=Red) vs. boy (blue) baby births?
      There's gotta be one of those somewhere!
      
      Or how about this?
      
      

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         prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Budlight :-)

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   carol3sanposted 12 years ago

   I'll take the Budlite...LOL

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   khmohsinposted 12 years ago

   Hi every one,
   It is quite different from the pole games. The actual influences are made some where else. and them made the public views toward it.
   I don't think so that Obama and his party will overcome again in the poll

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