NOVEMBER 1, 2008 — A new study was published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which analyzed vehicle crash data and traffic-related deaths from presidential elections from eight presidential election Tuesdays from 1976 (Jimmy Carter) to 2004 (George W. Bush). The study was authored by researchers at Stanford University in California and the University of Toronto in Canada.
Interestingly, 24 more people died in motor vehicle accidents on average on presidential election day Tuesdays than any other day that the researchers examined, such as Super Bowl Sunday. Americans are 18% more likely to be involved in a collision on a presidential election Tuesday than any other Tuesday. There are several theories as to why there are more fatalities on election days, including many people driving to unfamiliar places, driver distraction, and rushing to polling places before, during, or after work.
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