The Redskins Election Myth

Posted on 11/01/2008 at 4:35 pm by Bob Cesca

If the Redskins win Monday night, you might hear Drudge and the others suggesting that it’s a sign that John McCain might win.

The legend goes that if the Redskins win at home on the weekend before Election Day (or the next closest pre-election home game), the incumbant party wins the presidential election. Fact: this has been accurate since 1936.

Until 2004, that is. The Packers beat the Skins at home 28-14, and so the legend held that Senator Kerry would win.

Uh-huh. And we know how that turned out.

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  • El Mystico

    Well considering the amount of people the republicans had to disenfranchise in order to win in 2004, I’d say it still holds… in which case I hope they lose the shit out of that game.

  • LeeroyJenkins

    The Redskins and McDouche can suck it. Yes they can.

  • dontpanic23

    That was when I got my hopes up 4 years ago. Fail.

  • Teaflax

    Well, Kerry DID win, so…

  • Redmond

    I’m a Steelers fan, so they really better not fuck this one up. Great, now I have two nights of nail-biting competition coming up. Thank God, Samuel Addams invented beer.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Because American voters are easily hypnotized by subliminal messages in the football box scores? How exactly does this theory hold any water?It’s time for a Political Mythbusters show…

  • http://www.sixtyftsixin.com fightoffyourdemons

    Thank goodness the Steelers are awesome.