Cincinnati Bakery's cookie poll predicting presidential election goes viral

CINCINNATI – A Cincinnati bakery has gone viral thanks to its long-running presidential cookie poll.

While political scientists may have a more complex system for predicting elections, Busken Bakery claims they have predicted presidents using a much simpler method. In every election cycle since Ronald Reagan defeated challenger Walter Mondale in 1984, the bakery has sold cookies with each candidate's face on them. The cookie that sells the most is the winner.

Since Cookie Polling began, Busken has only made a mistake in one election – the election of President Joe Biden in 2020. This impressive statistic has drawn more attention to Busken's poll.

When the New York Post announced last week that Donald Trump was in the lead with 2,953 cookies to Kamala Harris's 2,134 cookies, the news was reposted by Elon Musk on X (formerly Twitter). The owner of

Since then, cookie sales — especially for Trump — have skyrocketed.

As of Monday morning, Busken has sold 15,200 Trump cookies to Harris' 4,594. Busken also said 790 of her nonpartisan “Cookie Party” cookies were purchased.

While Busken sells its cookies in-store, the bakery also ships its presidential cookies, meaning anyone can buy a box of eight Trump, Harris or Cookie Party cookies for $15. Busken said it will continue to update its numbers daily on social media.

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