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Swing State Pizza
My new favorite website is Brandwatch, which I know is a business and trying to get companies to pay for their research, but a lot of the fun stuff is free. Essentially, they monitor social media so you don’t have to. And they find out stuff.
Stuff about pizza.
Which states prefer to load their bases with bacon? Which prefer peppers? And which like to pile their pizzas with pepperoni?
By only analyzing conversation that contained intent – e.g. ‘I want’ or ‘I need’ – the data more accurately reflects pizza preferences rather than general interest.
Pepperoni led conversation in the majority of states, while Hawaii are deserving of their pizza name sake (the Hawaiian) with pineapple being the state’s topping of choice.
Here’s the map. Notice, for instance, that a simple preference for pepperoni covers the major swing states:
Note, too, that Florida seems insanely — though that’s no surprise — alone in its preference for mushrooms. This is something for non-Rubio and non-Bush candidates to keep in mind. (I’m assuming that Rubio and Bush know this already.) Delaware also likes mushrooms but Delaware doesn’t count. It’s going to go for Biden/Warren ’16 and we all know that already.
Hawaii and pineapple I understand. Wisconsin and Tennessee have no excuse. Pineapple does not belong on a pizza under any circumstances possible on the lower 48. (This is not up for debate, by the way. Please do not attempt to debate this in the comments. It is not a matter of preference. Pineapple on pizza is wrong.)
Gender gap issues exist in pizza as in politics:
Again, to reiterate: Pineapple is wrong.
But notice the safe cluster in the mid-range. Look for candidates to embrace the steak and pepperoni options. Look for Hillary Clinton to ostentatiously dig into a peppers and bacon pizza (she needs men) and for one of the Republican hopefuls to go for olives and chicken.
And look for Trump to say the hell with it and order a calzone.
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Probably not the best New Haven style, but it’s pretty good. Where did you try it?
Just proud that my state says yes to BACON!
Because bacon is the perfect food.
that comment begs for a photo-shop image.
what will happen in later comments? (which I have yet to read)
Avoid the Noid!
Carry on.
Oh, at Frank Pepe’s in New Haven. We made the trip just to try it.
If you insist…
You call that a Kraken? I call that “pre Calamari” which for the record does ok on pizza….
And…
Here is an Australian Pizza Hut commercial featuring a pizza with pineapple, green bell pepper, and Donald Trump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqEFUQKczw
Swing State Pizza, indeed.
Yeah, it’s good, but won’t live up to those expectations.
Nope. Nor was it worth waiting in line for.
Look, it wasn’t bad. I’ve had bad pizza. (Try going to Virginia and ordering a pizza. Anybody who couldn’t hack it up here, because they make terrible pizza, moves down there).
But it was an unfamiliar style and I was told it was supposed to be amazing. It was good. Just … overrated.
There are two things in life that I’ve found are overrated 100% of the time. The Super Bowl and pizza shops. Everybody has a favorite pizza shop. And everybody thinks you have to try it because it’s just the best. And when you try it you find out it’s just pizza. It’s always just pizza.
Well, that’s true. But that’s because everybody has a different ideal for pizza. So the way it is in my town is one specific way, and I consider its for to be perfection and any other forms to be less perfect.
Well, you’re from Pittsburgh, so I can understand why you think so. ;D
And my favorite pizza shop really was* the best.
*sniff, they retired last year :(
Truth is I only eat my wife’s homemade pizza.
After that, everything else is just pizza.
And this place is the best pizza shop for realsies. I particularly like the tuna with grilled zucchini and kalamata tapenade…
Hey, where is everybody going? Fred said I could have a different ideal!
I STILL HATE PINEAPPLE!
Why do you hate America?
Hath not a pizza crust? If you cut it, does it not slice? If you bite it, does it not burn? If you poison it, do we not die?