7-Eleven: Presidential poll causes a caffeinated buzz

I think I’ve found a way to get around all the fuss and expense associated with those omnipresent political polls that riddled the airwaves during the recently concluded presidential campaign.

Just let the folks who buy their morning coffee at 7-Eleven handle it.

It may not be as sophisticated as Starbucks, or as expensive for that matter, but 7-Eleven coffee appears to pack more than a caffeine punch. Its “Coffee-Cup Poll” for the fourth straight presidential election correctly predicted the winner of the presidential race.

Imagine all the money Mitt Romney and his billionaire buddies might have saved if they’d only watched the flow of the java at their local 7-Eleven stores.

From the convenience store company’s communications department: “7-Election results had President Barack Obama out-cupping Republican challenger Mitt Romney handily, with 59 percent of the 7-Eleven caffeinated electorate selecting blue Obama cups over 41 percent for the red Romney cups.

“The real election was closer. Most of the national polls showed President Barack Obama with a razor-thin lead or tied with former Gov. Romney. The coffee-cup poll at 7-Eleven® stores predicted the overall presidential race winner once again, indicating a Democratic victory in 31 out of the 34 states and the District of Columbia where it operates and franchises stores. In the popular vote (as of Nov. 7) … Obama carried 50.3 percent of the vote to Romney’s 48.1 percent.”

The company calls its poll, “unabashedly unscientific, unofficial, just-for-fun,” but I think they’re onto something.

Too much caffeine, for one thing.