The Greatness of Southpaws
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The evidence.
Including 2008, since 1976 every presidential election has featured a lefty at the top of the ticket except for 2004 (which did include a lefty at the bottom of the Democratic ticket in John Edwards).
Save for Carter and the second Bush, every president since Gerald Ford has been left handed, and the next president will be left hand dominant as well (because both McCain and Obama are lefties), which will make five of seven left-handed presidents.
Meanwhile, only about one in nine of the total population are southpaws. The linked article tries to explain this seemingly unexplainable trend.
Regardless, I never cease to be amazed by how awesome we lefties are…
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