Bakery in Pennsylvania running cookie poll to predict US presidential election result

While publications and think tanks are conducting frequent polls and surveys to gauge the pulse of the US voters regarding who they will bring to power in the November election, a bakery in the swing state of Pennsylvania has come up with a rather novel idea. The bakery is using cookies to predict the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Lochel’s Bakery, located in Hatboro and run by Katheleen Lochel, is tracking the number of Trump cookies and Harris cookies that customers are buying from all over the US in favour of their preferred candidate.

The butter-based cookies are dressed in either red-and-white or blue-and-white sprinkles with a ‘Trump 2024’ or ‘Harris 2024’ banner running through the centre. As of Friday (Sep 13), the bakery had sold 5,200 Trump cookies compared to just 500 Harris cookies.

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"In Pennsylvania, almost all of the shipping has been red. We have only shipped seven packages of blue in the state of Pennsylvania," the bakery said.

"We saw this in 2020 as well.A third of that number is being shipped across the United States, we’re seeing people from all over get these cookies now," it added.

The third-generation bakery has been running the 'sugary' poll since 2012 - having predicted the outcome of three of the four elections to the tee.

The only time the bakery wrongly predicted the result was in 2020 when Joe Biden managed to upstage Trump. Even then, Lochel's Bakery sold a total of31,804 Trump cookies and only 5,750 Biden cookies.

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Trump vs Harris debate

Trump and Harris squared off against each other for the presidential debate on Tuesday (Sep 10) with 67 million viewers tuning in to watch the two leaders spar. Harris was the debate's clear winner despite starting off nervously.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that 53 per centof viewers backed Harris's performance compared to 24 power per cent for Trump.The former presidentwas rattled by Harris after she baited him by making a remark about his rallies.

Several post-debate polls and surveys indicate a dramatic shift in favour of Harris, who has gained ground after previously trailing Trump when Biden was still in the race.

Harris is leading Trump by four points across the country, with 50 per cent backing her, compared to 46 per cent for Trump, according to asurvey by Data for Progress from September 11 to 12.

(With inputs from agencies)