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"Sales are uncertain in election years": Explain?

I've just read for the umpteenth time a post that mentions that "sales are uncertain in election years."  I had just gotten started in this business in 2008, so I don't have any data with which to assess this statement.  But thinking back on the, oh, 10 or so election years since I actually a) had a job; and b) spent money, I can't recall a single time when I actually considered the outcome of an election before making a purchase of art, automobiles, gasoline, groceries, or anything else. 

So I'd love to hear: Does this relationship exist?  And if you think so, convince me.

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