A Wacky Presidential Conspiracy Theory

Off the top, for the normies, I have to point out there's a difference between a claim, a conspiracy theory with a high (ish) level of probability and then an interesting thought with anecdotal correlations. This is neither of the first two. 

There is an alleged Presidential curse (Curse of Tippecanoe) that those elected in a year that ends with a 0, are not able to finish their time in office, usually due to death. Given that Presidential elections are every four years, to land on a year that ends in 0, it requires a 20 years cycle. As such hear are the corresponding Presidents elected in a 0 year that had, lets say, "issues". 

1840 - William Henry Harrison - Pneumonia

1860 - Abraham Lincoln - Assassinated

1880 - James A. Garfield - Assassinated

1900 - William McKinley - Assassinated

1920 - Warren G. Harding - Heart attack

1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cerebral hemorrhage

1960 - John F. Kennedy - Assassinated

1980 - Ronald Reagan - Pneumonia, complicated by Alzheimer's disease (*also assassination attempt)


Conspiracy Theory- 

It would appear that George W. Bush (2000) had little-to-no incident while in office and was able to finish two terms without even the potential for his VP being call on. And with 7 days out for Joe Biden (2020) the same may be the case. (Mental decline, not withstanding). 

However, both of these elections were highly contested, and at least in the minds of the losing electorate side, stolen. If the original curse was set (possibly based on the karma of that which was stolen from the Native Americans) it could be, and I stress COULD BE, a reverse-uno situation where if you steal the seat of power from what appears to be the next American President, it might cancel out said curse. 

Lose correlation, anecdotal evidence & hilarious observation. No where near case closed. After all, I titled this "A Wacky Presidential Conspiracy Theory" for a reason. 

-Codd

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