NPR: The T-Shirt Primary

The T-Shirt Primary

Forget about your Super Tuesday, your delegate counts and exit polls.

Let's look at what really matters: the T-shirt tally. At the Web site CafePress.com, you can track sales of campaign paraphernalia — and this admittedly nonscientific tally shows a surge of Barack Obama sales in recent days.

After being virtually tied two weeks ago, Obama surged last week to 48 percent of all sales while Hillary Clinton fell to 19 percent. What does it all mean? Maybe the Obama supporters are all spending their expected economic stimulus checks? Maybe Clinton supporters have enough T-shirts clogging their dresser drawers already? Maybe we need a fashion analyst to sort it out.

-- Brian Naylor

11:03 PM ET | 02- 5-2008 | permalink

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