The Cheesehead Factor
Reported by Marie Therese - November 1, 2004 -
If you believe in the "football" factor, it would seem that John Kerry will defeat George Bush tomorrow. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette (and a lot of of political pundits recently) a Redskins win would bode well for Bush, a Green Bay win favors Kerry. For the past 72 years the outcome of this match-up has predicted the Presidential election outcome.
Well, the Packers won yesterday (contratulations, Cheeseheads!). Looks bad for Bush! The stats below were published on April 24, 2004 by the Press-Gazette.
How the Washington Redskins franchise fared in 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)
