Popular Pennsylvania bakery conducts presidential 'cookie poll'

There's more than one way to track the popularity of a presidential candidate.

While polls are the traditional method of measuring popularity and getting a pulse of the nation, the New York Post reported that a bakery in the key swing state of Pennsylvania is taking a sweeter approach.

A bakery in Hatboro, Pennsylvania has gone viral for their clever "cookie poll," which tracks sales of red cookies representing former President Donald Trump, and blue cookies representing Vice President Kamala Harris.

Bakery owner Kathleen Lochel told Fox & Friends First Friday morning that Trump is receiving amazing support from people across the country.

“I think that people support Trump all over,” she said, noting that as of Friday morning, Trump cookie sales totaled over 5,200 sales, while Harris cookies barely cracked 500 sales.

She noted that her bakery is politically neutral but added that customers from across the nation have expressed concerns about the continued high prices of goods.

"A lot of people are upset right now with the cost of things, they’re venting to us,” Lochel said.

The bakery has hosted this informal poll since 2012, predicting the outcome of three of the last four elections.

Their winning streak came to an end in 2020 when the final cookie tally put Trump in the lead with 31,804 cookies over Biden's 5,750.

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Lochel isn't exempt from those high prices, as she noted that the cost of ingredients is also putting a strain on her business.

“We have not raised our prices in three years on almost all items. We’re trying to maintain the prices and have consumer confidence. But we’re getting to the point right now where my husband says this can’t continue. Things are just way too high," she told Fox News.

Lochel added, "Prices are very high for us."

She credited the popular cookie poll with saving the bakery during the last election, which took place during the early days of the pandemic.

“In 2020, when the pandemic hit, we were almost at a point where we’re like, ‘Are we going to close the bakery? What’s going to happen?’ And I sat the employees down, and we all agreed to do the cookies again," she explained.

Lochel noted that about one-third of cookie sales are from out-of-state customers.