Will your drink decide your vote?
Just for Fun, War for the White House Tagged democrat, republican March 19th, 2008I posted yesterday some thoughts about voting as a libertarian in this year’s presidential campaign (feel free to keep commenting! I love hearing from readers and I’m interested to know your thoughts on this year’s “War for the White House”) and today I found a post at the Chicago Tribune blog that illuminates another kind of voting breakdown.
So, if you haven’t decided who to vote for yet, this study may help you decide. According to a CNN/Opinion Research poll, the “drinking votes” break down as follows (a surprise to no one): beer drinkers lean Republican, winos tip toward Democrat. (Apparently they don’t care about the votes of shot-takers, margarita sippers, martini lovers, and so on.)
Well, there you have it.
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March 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
the hard drinkers must be libertarians!
mike van winkle’s last blog post..Beer Cures Cancer
March 19th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
In my opinion, if you don’t vote Libertarian, you’re wasting your vote. Let’s face it, after the debacle in Florida in 2000, we know that your one vote is not going to decide the outcome. And one more vote for the Democrat or the Republican just adds to their (questionable!) legitimacy. But a vote for the Libertarian is a significant increase in their (tiny) percentage. Hopefully, an increase there sends a message to the two major parties that we the people are increasingly dissatisfied.
March 19th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Good point. The more people that stand up and say they’re dissatisfied with the broken party system, the better the chance for real change. Or, at least, that’s the hope.
March 19th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Oh, and Mike, you’re totally right.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Mojitos should be considered a libertarian drink, maybe more brown people would join our causes.