Local bakery sells cookies to predict the outcome of the 2024 presidential election

Philadelphia suburb Bakery selling cookies to predict the outcome of the election.

Lochel’s Bakery is located in Hatboro, Pa in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Kathy Lochel started the “cookie poll” during the 2008 election with the candidates Barack Obama and John McCain as a joke between the owners and customers.

They sold blue and white cookies with candidates’ names in order to guess the outcome of the election.

Since then, Lochel’s Bakery has correctly predicted three elections in a row but not in 2020 when former President Donald Trump lost the election to President Joe Biden.

Since 2008, the “cookie poll” tradition has developed into something much greater. Lochel’s Bakery is swamped with orders from all around the world, even as far as Alaska.

This year, election cookie sales are outpacing 2020’s sales.

The cookies for this year include one with blue and white sprinkles and a “Harris 2024” label on it and the other with red and white sprinkles and a “Trump 2024” label.

The sale of each Harris 2024 cookie counts as a vote in the poll for Democrat Kamala Harris and likewise for Republican Donald Trump.

“These cookies are being shipped all over the United States right now, so much so that they’re on back order, so we’re about three to four weeks back,” said Lochel, owner of Lochel’s Bakery.

Trump’s numbers may have gotten a boost after he shared a story about the cookie poll on his social media platform. As of Tuesday, Trump was leading Harris 12,558 to 889, a far bigger lead than pollsters have found.

“It’s just a fun, non-stressful tally that we’re taking,” said Lochel. “It’s definitely not scientific. It’s just a delicious way, I say, to take the pressure off with what is going on with the election, all the ads, all the campaign stuff, just a cookie.”

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