THE FORCASTING POWER OF COMICS

I found an unlikely source of forecasts by looking into different book stores in the weeks before the first round of the French elections: comics.

In the 5 different bookstores I entered, I noticed 6 comic books on one or more politician. 5 of these were about two of them: Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy. Where would the other candidates be today if they had not overlooked comics?

On teh comics' prediction for the final round? Sarkozy has one more comic than Segolene. I guess looking at the numer of comics, their prediction is Sarkozy for president.

One was about an outlier: José Bové. But then again, the title helps understand why comics did not help him:

We must kill Jose Bove

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