A new, strikingly accurate polling method: Shortbread cookie sales
Download Cookie Polling at Layers Bakery, in Henderson, Nevada
I spoke with Gregg Forrest, who owns and runs Layers Bakery with his wife Jeanne in Henderson, Nevada. Early voting started on October 18, but Forrest has been running an unofficial poll for several weeks from his bakery counter with some startlingly accurate results.
UPDATE:
The Layers cookie poll finished up with 467 “O-Biden” cookies to 352 for “McPalin.” (That’s 57% to 42%.) The bakery’s polling accuracy continued to be uncannily dead-on: the official voting results for Nevada showed 55% for Obama, 42% for McCain. (This is only a guess, but perhaps if Layers had offered (and sold) a handful of third-party cookies, they’d have been even closer to the final results.)

As of today, 11/1/08 1:23 PST, the cookie poll reads 316 “O-Bidens” to 285 “Mc-Palins”
Comment by Greg Forrest — November 1, 2008 @ 3:21 pm |
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Oh yeah…and we have at least 10 dozen ordered for Monday and Tuesday…
Comment by Greg Forrest — November 1, 2008 @ 3:22 pm |
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Greg is a handsome fellow! Of course two smart gorgeous people are cooking up such a delicious idea of candidate cookies! I LOVE Layers Bakery.
Comment by Karisa Wodz — November 6, 2008 @ 11:42 pm |
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