Do sales of t-shirts predict presidential outcomes?

[kokonut]

This past week, anti-Obama merchandise outpaced sales of pro-Obama merchandise 79 percent to 21 percent at the online clothing store CafePress, which has been tracking sales of election-relevant items.

CafePress, an online custom merchandise shop, launched its 2012 “Election Meter” at the beginning of November but has been tracking the trends in candidate merchandise sales since April.

According to the clothier, the “Meter” successfully predicted President Obama’s victory in 2008. This week’s data represents a stark contrast to Obama’s sales during the 2008 election cycle.

Anti-Obama T-Shirts | CafePress.com | Election Meter | The Daily Caller

In other words, 4 times as many anti-Obama t-shirts were sold than pro-Obama t-shirts.

Interesting....

 

[dereksbicycles]

Waste of time, I would think. I don't think I will make correlations between shirts sold and president election.

 

[AlleyCat]

People will wear what they want to wear.

 

[jillio]

Now trying to use t-shirts to predict?

Yeah, just about as reliable as the polls.

Do I smell fear?