# More Nuttyness before US Presidential elections?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nuttyness-before-us-presidential-elections/634921>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 16, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nuttyness-before-us-presidential-elections/634921 "2012-09-16T23:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nuttyness-before-us-presidential-elections/634921/1 "2012-09-16T23:21:19Z")

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It seems like all the mental cases come out of the woodwork, starting about August before most POTUS elections. From crazy shooters to crap happening abroad, it always seems to pile up at this point in the cycle. Is this just observational bias? Anyone know of a study?

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**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nuttyness-before-us-presidential-elections/634921/2 "2012-09-17T18:15:39Z")

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Nope, But I’m keeping an eye on this thread too. That’s an interesting observation I hadn’t considered before.