Posted on 09/29/2024 7:00:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A suburban Philadelphia bakery’s cookie “poll” that started during the 2008 presidential campaign as a joke between the owners and their customers has grown into much more.
Lochel's Bakery in Hatboro is swamped with orders. People are driving from a couple hours away to buy the cookies in person and shipment orders are coming from as far away as Alaska.
The bakery sells 4-inch round sugar cookies, one with blue and white sprinkles and a Harris 2024 label on it and the other with red and white sprinkles and a Trump 2024 label on it.
The cookie poll started in 2008 and accurately predicted the winner the first three times, but not in 2020, when Republican Donald Trump lost the election for the White House to Democrat Joe Biden.
Kathy Lochel, whose husband is Lochel’s third-generation baker, said sales exploded that year, as customers bought thousands of cookies.
“It’s just a fun, non-stressful tally that we’re taking," Lochel said. "It’s definitely not scientific. It’s just a delicious way I say to take the pressure off with what is going on with the election, all the ads, all the campaign stuff, just a cookie.
"I can’t emphasize that more. It’s just a cookie.”
Helene Moran bought Trump cookies on her 82nd birthday with her daughter and son-in-law who live in North Carolina.
“Which we do whenever Trump is up for election,” said Moran, who lives near the bakery. “He’s my sweetheart, I love him so much.”
This year, election cookie sales are outpacing 2020’s sales.
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She’s toast!
If you buy the narrative that biden won honestly and not at 3 in the morning when the poll watchers were excluded.
81,000,000 votes? Sounds legit...
Cookies? She eats cookies? She seems more a Twinkie fancier...
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Good thing that poll can't be rigged...
Umm.. he didn't, actually - so the cookie poll is 100% accurate.
Obvious employee of Pontiac. Sheesh!
Unwashed lettuce with dirt undertones.
Tried to ordrerand most inventory is out of stock
“ but not in 2020, when Republican Donald Trump lost the election for the White House to Democrat Joe Biden.”
In what is not reported as the stolen election that it was!
AI that can’t spell. One of the cars was a “Plyomuth.”
Actually, the employees who made the vehicles can’t spell either.
When I was a kid one of our neighbors had an early 60s “DDDGE” pickup truck. Those were the letters attached to the hood!
☺ My father’s parents lived in that area. I have fond memories of family reunions.
I’m with you, Bon. Trump WON 2020. There’s no doubt in my Military Mind.
“There’s the final piece of evidence proving The Steal.”
If all legal matters were decided as to who owes who the most COOKIES, I’d bet Life as a whole would be much more pleasant. ;)
Well, I AM a Ford Girl and a VW Girl. So you were sort of remembering me correctly. ;)
“Hope pres Trump sees the report and invites her onstage for a brief word to the crowd.”
That would be great PR! :)
“but not in 2020, when Republican Donald Trump lost the election for the White House to Democrat Joe Biden.”
In other words, the cookie prediction has been correct 100% of the time.
I noticed that, too! Gone too soon!
My Mom is a total ‘Walking Encyclopedia’ of Baseball stats; it ‘rubbed off’ on me, but my brain ended up being wired for flower and vegetable stats, versus baseball, much to her dismay. ;)
Thanks, Mom!
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