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What Your Beer Says About Your Politics
The Washington Post came up with this chart based on data about the relationship between your liquor of choice, your partisan affiliation, and your vote propensity. A few highlights:
- Wine drinkers are more likely to vote than beer drinkers.
- Low-calorie beers lean Republican.
- Heavier beers lean Democrat.
- Someone who enjoys a nice single-malt scotch is more likely to cast a ballot than someone who prefers Canadian whiskey, and malt liquor drinkers turn out with the least frequency.
I’m not much of a wine-bibber myself so I rely on you to tell me whether this rings true in your experience.
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And white DownEasters who chase their coffee brandy (where was that on the list?) with Colt .45…and don’t vote.
I am—huge surprise here—solidly in the “votes but might be blue or red, who knows?” category.
The two drinks I have the most are Cabernet and Tecate. Not sure what to make of that.
The good news is that the Tecate half apparently doesn’t vote.
All I’ll say is that it’s now past five o’clock on the US East Coast. The week is done. I’m in the mood for a nice cold glass of politics.
I live in Colorado, and I don’t partake of the national beer.
I didn’t like beer until I had a Guinness.
Now, when I drink beer, I look for something dark and hoppy, or at least hoppy.
Liquor wise, I go for a Jack Daniels. I also like Meyers’s rum, Kahlua, Patron Tequila.
Mixed, I like a good mojito.
But I drink so seldom.
Yes, though cognac has been prominent in rap, hip hop, go-go, etc. because it’s the drink of choice for elite blacks. It’s a sign that you’ve made it.
Hmm.
I don’t see my favorite beer on here anywhere. Perhaps it’s so “red” it’s off the chart.
I do so love the marketing pitch. (The two paragraphs under “Notes and Commercial Description” are what’s printed on every bottle).
I think I like it because it reminds me of the kinds of beer I used to drink with my dad in the local pubs when I went to visit him.
Hartmann, whenever Ray and I go to Leavenworth (Washington’s Bavarian Village), I order my favorite beer at Andreas Keller, Ayinger Celebrator Bock.
Here’s video of Andreas Keller
Downstairs at Andreas Keller
In the bed of the pickup out back under the tarp…
Oh, you mean on the chart.
Well, that chart sure called me: Canadian Whiskey. This matches both my voting reliability and my solid right-of-center leanings.
For what is is worth, I also drink Bud Lite and make a mean Margarita.
Cognac is actually quite popular on the high end of hip-hop culture. Rappers and producers often go for top-tier cognac.
Edit – just noticed several others pointed out the same thing. Some of my black co-workers have recommended it to me, but I’m definitely a whiskey kind of guy.
I have generally stopped drinking.
I drink either:
Coke Zero
Goya Ginger Beer
Diet Cock and Bull Ginger Beer
Virgils all natural root beer
Seriously about the Virgil’s. It will change your life.
Pappy can set ya up. What ya lookin’ for son? If it’s clear we got it here.
Mic Ultra and Bud Light Lime = Jeb voter.
They should relabel that category as “water”.
Let us keep it that way.
I almost fainted when I watched this Doc. My little brother was one of the writers of that sketch!