Cookie poll explained

A cookie poll is the practice in the United States of predicting a presidential election based on cookie sales.[1]

In a cookie poll, bakeries offer confections decorated with either the candidate's name or image, or the color of the candidate's party. Customers purchase the cookie for the candidate they support and tallies are used to forecast a winner.[2] [3] In the name of fairness and accuracy, cookie polls are only considered legitimate if cookies representing both candidates are sold; bakeries will stop the polling once a supply of any one candidate's cookies are depleted beyond a certain point.[4]

This poll is unscientific and not controlled for any factor beyond consumer habits,[5] but many bakeries across the U.S. claim success at predicting elections for the last several voting cycles,[6] [7] [8] including one bakery in Ohio that accurately foresaw the last nine elections.[9] Other bakeries use it as a platform to encourage voter participation.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sweet Cookie Polls Aim to Predict Outcome of 2020 Election.
  2. Web site: White. Dawson. November 3, 2020. Can cookies predict the next president? Bakeries use tasty treats to poll customers. Miami Herald.
  3. Zerofsky. Elisabeth. In a Wisconsin Cookie Poll, Trump Wins by a Landslide. 2020-11-08. The New Yorker. en-us.
  4. Web site: 2020-11-03. President Donald Trump Beating Joe Biden By Landslide In Montgomery County Bakery's Cookie Poll. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  5. Web site: Oliver. Nick. Paris cafe creates Trump, Biden cookie poll to add fun to political season. 2020-11-08. WKYT.
  6. Web site: Who will win the 2020 presidential election? Look to the cookie.. 2020-11-08. Tampa Bay Times. en.
  7. Web site: Vote your taste buds: Three Brothers Bakery presidential cookie poll has accurately predicted winner of last 3 elections. 2020-11-08. khou.com. en-US.
  8. Web site: Pennsylvania Bakery Cookie Poll That Correctly Predicted Last 3 Elections Has Trump As 2020 Winner. 2020-11-08. www.msn.com.
  9. Web site: EDT. Jade Bremner On 10/20/20 at 10:05 AM. 2020-10-20. Ohio Bakery that correctly predicted winner of last 9 elections with cookie poll has Trump in the lead. 2020-11-08. Newsweek. en.

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