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Election Day in the United States is soon, and now, and already happened, has been every day since 2015.

You should vote. If you’re undecided, wow, and here are some charts to perhaps help you.

Political Party of the POTUS in the Years When the New York Yankees Won the World Series


Political Party of the POTUS in the Years When the Chicago Cubs Won the World Series

Teams that Have Won While a Democrat Was In Charge

Teams that Have Won While a Republican Was In Office

Teams that when the POTUS’ Middle Name Was Woodrow

Teams That Won When the POTUS’ Middle Name Was Gamaliel

Managers that Won the World Series While the President Was the Guy Who Allegedly Started the 7th inning Stretch Tradition Because He Got Tiny Wooden Chair Soreness Once

Teams That Won the World Series When the POTUS Rode a Mechanical Horse for Exercise and Was Named Calvin Coolidge

Teams that Won When the POTUS Was the Guy Who Later Notably Was Not Invited to the Dedication for the Hoover Dam Even Though It Was Named After Him

Teams that Won When the POTUS Was the Guy Who Crushed Alf Landon With 98.49% of the Electoral College Vote

Teams that Won the World Series When the POTUS Was So Arrogant He Did Not Need His Middle Initial to be Short for Anything Nor a Vice President for Four Years

Teams that Won the World Series When the POTUS Kicked Out the White House Squirrels Because They Were Messing with His Putting Green, Then Sadly Died 11 years Before Caddyshack Came Out

Teams that Won the World Series When the Last POTUS to Dare Wear a Top Hat at His Inauguration Was in Office

Teams that Won While the Only Known POTUS to Use the Word ‘Bunghole’ When Trying to Score Some Pants from Joe Haggar Jr. Was in Charge

Franchises that Won when the POTUS Was a C.R.E.E.P. Who Tried to Worm His Way Into the Mets’ Social Circle in the Mid-to-Late 80s

Teams That Won When Betty Ford’s Husband Was President

When the POTUS Was a Billy Beer Bro

Franchises that Won It All When the POTUS Was the Guy Who Thought He Was Too Good to Reprise His Iconic Acting Role for Bonzo Goes to College

Franchises that Won the Piece of Metal when the POTUS Was the Captain of First Two College World Series Losers

Teams that Won the World Series With the Sax Addict POTUS

Teams that Won When the POTUS Was the First Guy to Fire the Inventor of the Wrap Sandwich as a Baseball Manager

Teams that Won the World Series when the POTUS was a White Sox Fan Who Interrupted The Apprentice Once

Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV

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Matthew Gold
10/22
Thanks — that was a lot of fun, both in concept and execution!
Roger Cormier
10/22
Thank you for reading!
drdaley
10/23
Interesting choice of colors for the Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV. pie chart.......a subtle dig using a certain flag's color, or random choice?? Article most enjoyable.