If you’re antsy about the potential results of the upcoming 2024 United States presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, you might want to pay close attention to the matchup between Caleb Williams’ ascending Chicago Bears and Jayden Daniels’ bright Washington Commanders in Landover, Maryland in Week 8.
An old tried-and-true rule (coincidence, really) named after the Commanders’ old racist nickname dictates that Washington’s outcome in its last home game before the election dictates which politician will win.
The precedent maintains that if the Commanders win this last home game, the incumbent political party will keep the presidency. If the visiting team wins, the challenging political party will take office. It has held true in 17 of the 19 U.S. presidential elections. The only exceptions have been very recent, with incumbent Barack Obama defeating Mitt Romney in 2012 after the Commanders lost and Hillary Clinton (of the incumbent Democratic Party) losing to Trump in 2016 after the Commanders won.
Otherwise, if the Commanders win their last home game before that first Tuesday in November, you can safely bet on whichever party’s already in power maintaining the Oval Office. Of course, some believe the rule may have died when the Commanders changed their name, but the general precedent still remains.
Put another way: if you want Kamala Harris to win the 2024 election, you’re probably rooting for the Commanders to beat the Bears in a few weeks. If you want Donald Trump to win the 2024 election, you’re rooting for the Bears to win.
The United States’ upcoming fate really might be in Caleb Williams’ and Jayden Daniels’ hands. No pressure, young men!
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