Sports results can affect election results (Good for Trump that Cleveland lost)

Discover Magazine ^ | 7-6-10 | Ed Young

[Az Joe]

Anyone currently following the World Cup, Wimbledon, or any of the many sporting events around the world will know the emotional highs and lows that they can produce. But these events wield even more power than we think. According to Andrew Healy­ from Loyola Marymount University, sports results can even swing the outcome of an election.

[Az Joe]

Home teams voters will be disappointed, angry, upset for a while and this pushes them to vote against the status quo in elections.

[Pining_4_TX]

I thought there was some dippy theory out there that if the blue team wins (represented by the Cubs here), then the Democrat wins.

Don’t like the Cubs anyway... die-hard STL Cardinals fan.

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[rfp1234]

I think many home team voters will be demoralized and stay home.

[hinckley buzzard]

If Clinton shows up tomorrow in a Cubs cap, she will lose a lot of votes in crucial Cuyahoga County Ohio! She's just dumb enough to do that too.

Otherwise, this story is just filler.

[NKP_Vet]

Only bad thing about Cubs winning it is Obamagabe calling Chicago his “hometown” a hundred times tomorrow.

[nopardons]

And George Will is now celebrating, since the Cubs did win; more’s the pity.

[Az Joe]

Haven’t heard that one. My post is true.

[Az Joe]

Link to any study backing that up?

[ScottfromNJ]

“I think many home team voters will be demoralized and stay home.”

And Cleveland is mainly Democratic?

[Pining_4_TX]

I messed up. It’s actually this...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2016/11/02/the-best-predictors-of-the-presidential-election-is-it-the-winner-of-the-world-series/#22721acc6e26

[fortheDeclaration]

He won’t be next Tuesday!

[Az Joe]

It is not a predictor worth a damn. I’ve already seen it.

[b4me]

let him have one day - i think it’s actually a sign of the Cubs winning and Obama and Hillary are gonna lose real soon.

[nopardons]

From your keyboard to GOD’s eyes!

[EC Washington]

“Hometown” my rear end! He wasn’t born here, he didn’t go to school here, he didn’t move here until his late 20’s . Chicago is just a place where he lived. It is NOT his Hometown!

[rfp1234]

Probably, being the biggest city in the state.

[rfp1234]

None, it’s my personal opinion.

[Pining_4_TX]

I know. ;-)

[rfp1234]

He’s from the South Side (Sox). Cubs are in North Side.