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A predicted Obama baby boom is turning out to be a bust. Credit: Getty Images
What were you doing on election night?
President Barack Obama probably expected that he'd have to deliver on issues like health care, the economy and foreign relations. But a baby boom, too?
If images of couples embracing and kissing after Obama's historic election are any indication, the president's win put people in a romantic mood. Observers covering the celebrations projected a baby boom would accompany the historic election, based on statistical evidence that people in their child-bearing years tended to vote Democratic, according to MSNBC.com.
Yet here we are nine months later and there's no sign of a baby boom.
Tales of baby booms following one night of revelry, or a blackout or snowstorm, tend to be hyperbole, explained Dr. S. Philip Morgan, a Duke University professor of sociology and demography. "The effect has to push everyone in the same direction," he said.
The split of the popular vote 52-48 in Obama's favor indicates that almost half of the country was not feeling up for a party on the night of his election, which would help squelch a chance at a baby boom. Similarly, for every person who decides to procreate on the night of a snowstorm, another person is stranded alone at an office.
While one-night events usually don't change how many babies are born, MSNBC.com points out that, "a major, sustained event" can effect the birth rate. When World War II ended, soldiers returned home and started families, the story points out, while hurricanes lead to fewer births.
Although a boom hasn't happened yet, some Obama supporters remain hopeful. After all, MSNBC.com reminds us, Obama was born in August 1961, nine months after John F. Kennedy was elected.
Which leads us to ask, were YOU conceived on an election night?











ReaderComments (Page 1 of 6)
8-07-2009 @ 10:01PM
Nicole said...Maybe that's because pregnancy is 40 weeks long...which is closer to TEN months.
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8-10-2009 @ 3:57PM
swbing1 said...Do the math 40 weeks = 9.23 months closer to 9 than 10.
8-10-2009 @ 6:34PM
hookmrl said...Yea this is what we need more people in this recession country how about less people could some of foreigners leave ---now
8-10-2009 @ 5:08PM
D said...Yes, pregnancy is 40 weeks long. But if you think for just a moment, you will realize that anyone who became pregnant in November would already know! We don't have to wait 40 weeks ot know that...
8-15-2009 @ 2:55AM
Sheriff B said...Very cool article. Thanks for sharing.
8-10-2009 @ 5:02PM
Cathy said...You mentioned they were democrats--probably had abortions.
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8-07-2009 @ 11:47PM
Fizzygrrl said...Oh, sod off, you moron.
If they were Dems, maybe they were smart enough to have participated in actual sexual education, and learned how to protect themselves.
Unbelievable, friggin' idiots who post nonsense like that. Honestly.
8-08-2009 @ 5:21PM
LS said...Hey fzzygrrl... lighten up. it was a joke.
8-09-2009 @ 1:36AM
Uly said...It's not a very funny joke.
8-09-2009 @ 1:58PM
SKL said...Uly, I just have to know why you consider the joke offensive. I mean, what's offensive about the removal of some tissue? When pro-life people talk about abortion offending our sensitivities, liberals are quick to argue that we're creating emotional baggage out of nothing - that we are religious fanatics who can't think for ourselves - or that our whole purpose is to attack some unfortunate group of people. So now you tell me that there might be some sentiment attached to "abortion" in liberals' minds? How can this be? Either the unborn have value or they don't.
8-09-2009 @ 5:40PM
Crystal said...Cathy - Well said.
8-09-2009 @ 10:18PM
Uly said...It's not about the abortion per se. You're right that I don't see abortions as a moral issue - though I doubt many people get one for the heck of it. Surely it's a lot easier and cheaper to just use a condom.
However, the only reason Cathy said that snide little remark is because SHE thinks that abortions are a moral issue. If she'd called atheists devil worshippers "jokingly" I'd be just as annoyed, and I don't even *believe* in a devil! (Atheists generally don't. Bit logically inconsistent, wouldn't you say?)
It's a slur because she intended it that way. That much should be plain and obvious.
And besides. It's NOT funny. If you're going to spend your time pretending there's humor in insulting other people, you can at least make the attempt to be humorous. To do otherwise is *really* insulting!
8-10-2009 @ 3:48PM
Mitzi said...That's funny! You're probably right
8-10-2009 @ 3:47PM
dowell said...nice generalization
8-10-2009 @ 4:16PM
Roxanna said...That's nasty Cathy. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
8-10-2009 @ 4:14PM
Roxanna said...Well said Uly. She did mean it as slur. Why does everyone have to be so nasty?
8-11-2009 @ 8:30AM
shamus said...Too bad Obamas mother didn't practice birth control , maybe my children and grandchildren would of had a brighter future instead of the bleak one the Obama administration is compiling for them.
9-22-2009 @ 7:44PM
fin said...You know? shut up about Obama.
8-10-2009 @ 11:13AM
Ann said...Ha! it made me laugh! Chill out Uly!
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8-11-2009 @ 1:13AM
Char said...I am a registered Democrat. I do not consider myself a liberal - just open-minded. I do not believe in abortion. I would not have one and I do not think anyone else should, either. Adoption should be the answer if you find yourself 'in trouble' and are unable - or don't want to - raise a baby. I also do not believe abortion should be joked about in any context and I have a pretty twisted sense of humor. I do believe that it was intended as a political slam, though, and that is why you all think it is funny. I just don't see why everyone has to tun these comment pages into political forums. I wasn't a President Bush fan, but I still respected him as our president. Mr. Obama is our president for the next 3 1/2 years. Get over it.