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October 30, 2008, Anxiety

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Election Superstitions

By Matthew Hutson on October 30, 2008 in Brainstorm

Yesterday I was on NPR's Talk of the Nation to talk about superstition. (They called me up after reading my article on magical thinking.) The guest who was on before me, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, had written an article about McCain's lucky charms; he discussed politicians' peculiar rituals. So I thought I'd provide 7 election-time superstitions and why we subscribe to them.
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I found a great post on

Submitted by Tina Marshall on December 2, 2008 - 1:58pm.

I found a great post on Peterman's Eye today about superstitions and I thought I'd share....

http://www.petermanseye.com/curiosities/history/400-believe-it-or-else

Cheers!

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