As the 2024 presidential election approaches, fans of The Simpsons are wondering if the iconic cartoon has already predicted the results of the race.
The Simpsons, the longest-running animated series in history, has earned a reputation for its uncanny ability to predict the future.
Some of the show’s creepiest prophecies that have come true over the years range from AI robot takeover to Donald Trump running for president.
A number of social media users have pointed out that an episode aired on March 19, 2000, entitled Bart to the Future, may have predicted the outcome of the November 5 election.
‘We all know that the Simpsons have the uncanny ability to predict the future. In one episode, Lisa becomes president and primarily wears a purple suit and pearls, similar to Kamala Harris’s outfit during her inauguration as vice president. Chance? I THINK NOT,” someone said.
Kamala Harris was dressed in a purple ensemble at the inauguration of herself and President Joe Biden
An episode of The Simpsons that aired in the early 2000s shows President-elect Lisa wearing a similar outfit
“The Simpsons predict Kamala Harris will become president,” said another person, sharing a side-by-side photo of Harris and Lisa as president.
At President Joe Biden’s inauguration, held on January 20, 2021, Harris was dressed in a purple ensemble designed by Christopher John Rogers with Sergio Hudson-designed shoes and a Wilfredo Rosado necklace.
In the episode, Lisa is elected president, she wears a purple pantsuit and a pearl necklace.
What makes the coincidences worse is that Lisa’s presidency comes after an implicit presidency of Donald Trump, which caused a huge deficit.
Lisa, as president in the episode, says, “As you know, we inherited quite a budget crisis from President Trump.”
“But look at the Simpsons prediction and it said something about Trump in this year 2024 and look at Lisa Simpsons became the first female president and Kamala Harris was also the first president of the United States,” a third person said.
“The Simpsons might predict our next president,” said a fourth person.
While many believe The Simpsons predicted a Harris win, polls show the vice president and Trump appear to be at an impasse in their race for the White House.
An average of polls from aggregator 270toWin shows Harris ahead by 0.7 percentage points at 48.1 percent, compared to Trump’s 47.4 percent — well within the margin of error.
Polling guru Nate Silver wrote in the New York Times that the election is too close to call, but added, “My gut says Donald Trump.”
But Allan Lichtman, known as the “Nostradamus” of election predictions, and veteran political strategist James Carville are predicting a Harris victory.
While Trump has seen some momentum in recent polls, Carville listed three overarching reasons why he believes Democrats will emerge victorious.
The first is the Republican Party’s losing record since 2018, including Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential race, and the two midterm cycles. Carville said Trump has not learned from past losses and has not built enough of a coalition to win this year.
He also noted the huge fundraising advantage Harris has over Trump, having raised more than $1 billion since entering the race. Finally, he has an “emotional feeling” that Harris will gain an edge, arguing that America is not as divided as many think.
Lichtman remains true to his prediction that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris will become the next American president.
The 77-year-old American university professor is known for developing his own election model, which has correctly predicted every presidential winner since 1984.
Speaking to CTV News, Lichtman said his prediction “does not change with regard to the ephemera of the campaign.”
Polls show the vice president and Trump appear to be at an impasse in their race for the White House
Allan Lichtman, known as the ‘Nostradamus’ of election predictions, and veteran political strategist James Carville predict a Harris victory
He also explained that his prediction is “based on a fundamental understanding of how American presidential elections actually work, with votes going up or down on the strength and performance of the White House party.”
He relies on an unorthodox system of ignoring the polls, based on what he calls “13 keys” to the White House, a model he developed in 1981 with his geophysicist friend Vladimir Keilis-Borok.
The model is based on 120 years of presidential elections and even allowed Lichtman to call Trump’s unexpected 2016 victory a month before the election.
He then used his tactics to correctly predict the outcome of the 2020 election.
As a result, he told CTV, “I’m certainly not changing my prediction based on polls.
“If I had done that, I would have been wrong in my prediction about Trump in 2016, when all the polls said otherwise.”