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And the Winner Is… Store Owner Predicts Next US President

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And the Winner Is… Store Owner Predicts Next US President

With the American elections just a few days away, researchers are busy preparing last-minute opinion surveys.

The researchers hope to identify the next president of the United States by questioning likely voters.

But one businessman is using a completely different method to predict who will win the election. He is choosing the winner based on sales of presidential campaign-related products in his store.

Warlick has been selling presidential campaign buttons for the past 35 years. In August, 62 percent of the buttons he sold were for Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the Democratic Party. Buttons for Donald Trump1, the Republican Party candidate, totaled 38 percent. His unofficial survey was taken a short time after the parties held meetings to officially nominate the candidates.

Jim Warlick’s store sells a lot more than buttons. People can also buy T-shirts, bobbleheads, coffee mugs and magnets showing their favorite candidate.

As the long campaign season nears an end, some Americans might be growing tired of politics. But a lot of people are still buying items at the store.

On a recent day, one of them was Mariam Khan, a U.S. citizen who was born in Zimbabwe.

“It’s going on and on and on, all the name calling.”

However, Khan’s feelings did not stop her from buying many election-related items from White House Gifts.

Another woman, Susan Levin, said no matter who wins, she thinks this presidential election has already been historic.

“I’m getting things that are not going to be here after the election,” she said.

Warlick said the numbers in his button count recently changed after the third and final presidential debate.

“It was 57 Hillary and 43 Trump. So it’s narrowed. Yes, it has.”

But he says the best-selling products are actually not related to either candidate. Instead, the most popular things have to do with President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

“Actually, Michelle is more popular than the president, so we started doing a Michelle line. And so the two legacies2 of the president and the first lady are selling more than both Clinton and Trump.”

Warlick has correctly predicted the result of almost every presidential race since 1980. The only time he was wrong was in 2000, when Al Gore3 lost to George W. Bush.

So the big question is - which candidate is he choosing this year?

“I watch the polls quite a bit daily and my merchandise daily. So I would say it’s going to be Clinton.”

So based on souvenir sales and his own opinion, Warlick placed an order last week for the 2017 presidential inauguration4. He spent a lot of money buying Hillary Clinton-related items.

He admits that his decision could be a mistake if Donald Trump wins on Election Day. But he is not too worried, since he has a good record making choices based on what people buy.

He is excited about the swearing-in of the next president, set to take place January 20, 2017. And after that, he says the 2020 election can’t come soon enough.

“Oh yes, yes! Christmas comes every four years for us,” he said.

Words in This Story

button – n. ? small, round piece of plastic or metal with a stamped design or print that is worn on clothing

bobblehead – n. a doll having a head that repeatedly moves when touched or moved

mug – n. large cup usually used for hot drinks

legacy5 – n. something passed down from an earlier time

souvenir – n. something people buy to remember a person or event

instinct – n. something a person knows without learning or thinking about

inauguration – n. ceremony where a leader is officially sworn into office

survey – n. a study of public opinion

item – n. an object or thing


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1 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
参考例句:
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
2 legacies 68e66995cc32392cf8c573d17a3233aa     
n.遗产( legacy的名词复数 );遗留之物;遗留问题;后遗症
参考例句:
  • Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind. 书是伟大的天才留给人类的精神财富。 来自辞典例句
  • General legacies are subject to the same principles as demonstrative legacies. 一般的遗赠要与指定数目的遗赠遵循同样的原则。 来自辞典例句
3 gore gevzd     
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶
参考例句:
  • The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
  • Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
4 inauguration 3cQzR     
n.开幕、就职典礼
参考例句:
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
5 legacy 59YzD     
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
参考例句:
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

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