Which Election Day Superstitions Held Up?

When It Comes to a Sure Thing, This Symbol May Top Them All..

Everyone has their superstitions... Black Cats, Walking Under Ladders, Broken Glass, the Number 13..... Even I have superstitions. I have the Malocchio, which doesn't work twice in 3 days because it needs to recharge it's power, so it can't stop a 25 yd field goal against Iowa.... Sorry, lost my focus there.

There even are superstitions for Election Day. The candidates have them, there are states that are supposed 'Guarantees', and soem things that have NOTHING to do with politics that are supposed to insure a party's win. Today, we take a look at which of these superstitions held up, and which ones fell apart....





Superstition: Ohio Win.
Theory: GOP win, GOP President.
With a Republican having never won a presidency without winning Ohio, this one worked out again. Granted, an Ohio win doesn't guarantee a win for the GOP overall, but they haven't won without it. And still haven't.





Superstition: Missouri Win.
Theory: Win Missouri, Win the Presidency.
With a direct correlation of picking the winner ten straight times since 1960, it looked to be a belleweather state for who would win. Throw this one out the window. Although it was very close, Missouri went for McCain (racists!)......





Superstition: Phillies Win Series
Theory: National League Winner, Democrat Winner.
This is not a solid theory, where 60% of the time a Democrat wins when a Democrat wins, and a Republican wins when the American League wins going all the way back to 1908. However, it held up this year. Phillies win, Obama won. Cheesesteaks for everyone !!





Superstition: Lakers in the NBA Finals
Theory: Lakers in Finals, GOP Wins.
When you go 8-1 for the GOP with NBA Finals appearances, ther must be something there , right? Maybe it was that those names correlating with the wins were Eisnenhower, Reagan and Bush, because McCain wasn't helped by the Lakers' run. Guess this means the Lakers don't win a title for the next 8 years.




Superstition: Candidate Habits
Theory: Obama & Basketball, McCain - Too Many to List.
Rather than a candidate who trusts his judgement, I prefer one who trusts a lucky penny, or who talks to a baseball before he throws it. Okay, neither one talks to baseballs. But John McCain does have a lucky penny, a lucky Election day buddy, and he usually goes to the movies. Barack Obama gets in a game of hoops. McCain skipped the movie, and maybe he should have. Basketball beats a penny. On my two election days, I did the same thing both times as well - I worked.




Superstition: Canididate Height
Theory: The Taller Guy Wins
Here's a weird one. Just like salesmen, voters like their candidate to be taller in general. The taller candidate had gone 10-2 before John Kerry lost in 2004. But , the theory was proved correct again when the 6'1" Obama topped McCain. Tall guys suck!






Superstition: Redskins Game Before Election Day
Theory: Skins Win, GOP Win. Skins Lose, Dems Win.
Don't laugh, this one is almost a guaranteed lead pipe lock ,folks.... In the last 16 of 17 elections, this has held up, with once again John Kerry being the exception. Some things are just too hard to overcome. And, it held up again. Monday night, the Steelers beats the Skins, and Obama won on Tuesday. My I suggest the NFL schedule the Detroit Lions play the Redskins in 2012, for our sake......






Here's a clip of Stevie Ray Vaughan to commemorate this post. The video is great, although it's a bit creepy seeing Stevie Ray stepping on cracks and everything, then dying in a helicopter crash a few years later. But it is one of the great guitar players at the top of his game. Watch it all the way through, or have seven years bad luck !!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPDJicA816s




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