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I have a pet theory on this.

I think, as a local councillor/politician, you show up to a Groundhog Day event and there are like 50 people there hoping you say it's gonna be spring soon, and so you just tell them that it will be.

However, it doesn't seem to be holding for this year, where most have said longer winter so far: https://groundhog-day.com/predictions/2023