posted November 01, 2004 10:22 PM
Has anyone heard of this? The outcome of the Redskins game right before the election has predicted the winner of the last 16 elections. A loss for the Reds means the challeging candidate will win, a win the incumbent. I'm not much into football, but who knows, eh? They lost to the Packers yesterday. Tomorrow we shall see...Washington Redskins vs. the president
How the Washington Redskins franchise fared the game before presidential elections, and the elections outcomes:
2000: Tennessee 27, Redskins 21... Democrats lose White House (George W. Bush defeats Al Gore)
1996: Redskins 31, Indianapolis 16
Democrats keep it (Bill Clinton defeats Bob Dole)
1992: New York Giants 24, Redskins 7
Republicans lose it (Clinton defeats George H.W. Bush)
1988: Redskins 27, New Orleans 24
Republicans keep it (Bush defeats Michael Dukakis)
1984: Redskins 27, Atlanta 14
Republicans keep it (Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale)
1980: Minnesota 39, Redskins 14
Democrats lose it (Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter)
1976: Dallas 20, Redskins 7
Republicans lose it (Carter defeats Gerald Ford)
1972: Redskins 35, New York Jets 17
Republicans keep it (Richard Nixon defeats George McGovern)
1968: Minnesota 27, Redskins 13
Democrats lose it (Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey)
1964: Redskins 21, Philadelphia 10
Democrats keep it (Lyndon Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater)
1960: Cleveland 31, Redskins 10
Republicans lose it (John Kennedy defeats Nixon)
1956: Redskins 17, Chicago Cardinals 14
Republicans keep it (Dwight Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson)
1952: Pittsburgh 24, Redskins 23
Democrats lose it (Eisenhower defeats Stevenson)
1948: Redskins 51, Boston Yanks 21
Democrats keep it (Harry Truman defeats Thomas Dewey)
1944: Redskins 42, Chi-Pitt 20
Democrats keep it (Franklin Roosevelt defeats Dewey)
1940: Washington Redskins 37, Pittsburgh 10
Democrats keep it (Roosevelt defeats Wendell Willkie)
1936: Boston Redskins 13, Chicago Cardinals 10
Democrats keep it (Roosevelt defeats Alfred Landon)
1932: Boston Braves 7, Chicago Bears 7
Republicans lose it (Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover)
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posted November 01, 2004 10:22 PM
