No, Football Games Dont Affect Elections

Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 1:18 p.m.

b"You've probably heard this one before: college football games and shark attacks influence elections in favor of incumbents. Surprising findings like these are exciting, and seem to tell us a lot about the stability of our democracy and the rationality of voters.\\n \\nIf you listen to our podcasts regularly, you\\u2019ve probably also heard this one: Anthony Fowler doesn\\u2019t think voters are irrational. On this episode, we cover a back and forth of academic papers our co-host had arguing that the original result about college football games was a false-positive, and what lessons we should draw from this exchange."