Weird, wacky presidential race predictors

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BTN11: The weird and wacky election predictors

Chris Hrapsky , KARE10:02 PM. CST November 07, 2016

Wacky ways to predict the 2016 presidential election. (Photo: KARE 11)

MINNEAPOLIS - Who will win the 2016 presidential election? Not sure? Well maybe we aren"t looking in the right places.

Take, for example, Halloween masks.

Since Richard Nixon, the presidential candidates" face that sells more Halloween masks wins The White House. The first and only time we checked, Trump sales were ahead of Clinton by 10 percent.

Or, maybe theSummer Olympic Games have a say?

If the Olympics is held in a nation that"s never hosted before, then traditionally the parties switch in The White House. Brazil had them this year for the first time.

Then there"s the Washington Redskins.

If Washington wins its last home game before the election, the incumbent stays in power. Washington beat the Eagles at the last home game so that means Clinton will win.This one has been correct 18 of the last 20 elections.

You really want to guess the victor? Look to those who can"t vote yet. This is where the kid vote makes a huge impact.

The Scholastic News Election Poll has correctly called the winner since 1964. This year Clinton smoked Trump 52 percent to 35 percent.

New Mexico has picked the winner all but twice in the last century. Ohio has only been wrong twice since 1896. But hone in on VigoCounty, Indiana whose electorate has called The White House every time since 1956 and all but twice since 1888. The secret there? Vigo happens to be the geographic mean center of the US population.

Perhaps our favorite predictor Hollywood.

If last years Oscar Best Picture ended on a happy note, the incumbent wins. If it ends on a sad note, the challenger wins. Problem here though, 2015"s Birdman won, that"s the story of a struggling Broadway actor who can float. If you"ve seen it the ending is unhappily happy, downright confusing, so that one is up for debate.

Quick recap for unconventional presidential predictors: Trump 2 Clinton 2, three yet to be decided and one up for interpretation.

Finally, ponder this.

If any NFL quarterback catches his own pass the week of the election, it means nothing about politics. But it does mean the Vikings are falling apart.

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