ELECTION 2004

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If history holds, the 28-14 score portends a victory for Kerry on Tuesday because the result of the Redskins' final home game before the presidential election has always accurately predicted the White House winner.

If the Redskins win, the incumbent party wins. If they lose, the incumbent party is ousted.

"Oh, yeah, he's going to win. It's guaranteed," said Packers safety Darren Sharper, a Kerry supporter. "I don't have to vote now. Don't even have to go to the polls. Saved me a trip on Tuesday."

The Democratic candidate, who describes himself as superstitious and carries a lucky buckeye, cheered the omen.

"I couldn't be more thrilled with the Packers' win today," Kerry said. "The Packers have done their part. This Tuesday, we'll do ours."

President Bush's campaign pointed to an equally nonscientific prediction of their victory.

"Weekly Reader!" said Bush strategist Karl Rove, referring to a mock election held by the Weekly Reader, a Stamford, Conn.-based national schoolroom newspaper, in which Bush handily beat Kerry.

The streak began in 1933, when the Boston Braves were renamed the Redskins. Since then, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's re-election in 1936, the trend has held.

Kerry hyped the Packers' victory to gain political yardage in their home state of Wisconsin, which remains a toss-up state. He was tarred by Packers' fans earlier in the campaign when he mistakenly called the team's stadium Lambert Field, instead of Lambeau Field.

Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said he's certain that Packers fans will vote for the candidate who understands that the "frozen tundra of Lambeau is not a dessert item in an expensive French restaurant."

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