So tonight I'm watching some Boston Legal episodes from season 5. Early in the episode entitled "Mad Cows", the point is made that 8 out of the previous 11 presidential elections had gone Republican. That seemed a bit high to me, so I made a quick list:
2004 W
2000 W
1996 Bill Clinton
1992 Bill Clinton
1988 Bush Sr
1984 Reagan
1980 Reagan
1976 Carter
1972 Nixon
1968 Nixon
1964 LBJ
I went from memory, except for 1964, which I don't remember, having not yet been born. But Wikipedia helped there. By my count, we have Clinton (2), Carter, and LBJ winning a total of 4 of the previous 11 presidential elections, meaning Republicans have won the remaining 7.
I'm not sure why this is important to me, but did Boston Legal miss this? Or did I miscalculate? Please let me know if I missed something.
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Did it say elections, or presidents. If presidents you've left out Gerald Ford which would make the statement 8 of 11 true.
ReplyDeleteDenny: "I've never missed a presidential election. I'm usually right, too. I've been on the winning side eight times out of the last eleven."
ReplyDeleteAlan: "That's impressive. Also an uncanny coincidence, since eight out of the last eleven have also gone Republican."
Clearly they were talking about elections. But you have a point, and I'll bet that counting Ford was their error.