To the Left, Always to the Left, Never to the Right

Regardless of what happens in November, our next President will be left handed. In fact, since 1977 and the ascension of Gerald Ford to the presidency, the presidency has been held by a left hander with the exception of Jimmy Carter and the current occupant.

From Marginal Revolution:

Ford, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Gore, and now Obama and McCain are all left-handed. Call it chance or availability bias, but I'm still wondering. Read more here, and thanks to Martin Weil for the pointer. Here's one on-line discussion. Here is a brief survey on Wikipedia. It is my general view that left-handers have higher genetic variance in a number of dimensions, so they should be over-represented in many different kinds of extreme situations, including the Presidency.

It is a good day to be a lefty. Over on my regular blog, I have been detailing the Presidents. Perhaps I should make note of their "handedness."