"Never make predictions, especially about the future"

People predict presidential election results using all sorts of odd methods. Some of these include:

• Height of the candidates - Since the advent of television in presidential races, the taller candidate has won every race except one
• Hemlines - Short skirts mean Democrats, long skirts Republicans
• Numerology - I won't even go there
  
• Polling 1st through 12th graders - They've picked the winners for the last 50 years, except in 1960
• How the Washington Redskins do in their last pre-election home game - They win, the incumbent wins. They lose .....
• Bordeaux wine quality - Bad vintage year (like this year) usually means a Republican victory
• Baseball World Series - National League wins, the Democrat wins. American League takes the title, the Republican wins
• Fright mask sales - For the last 25 years, the candidate who sells the most masks also wins