How Food Preferences Vary by Political Ideology

[Swede]

More than 64,000 Hunch users have answer the THAY question "Do you tend to support liberal or conservative politicians?" Hunch users responded as follows:
15% answered "conservative"
54% answered "liberal"
31% answered "middle of the road"

All secondary questions were examined within the context of this initial, baseline question, with the focus on difference between conservatives and liberals. Note that users responding "Middle of the Road" tended to have food preferences squarely in between the preferences of the self-labeled liberals and conservatives. "Middle of the Road" responses are thus not discussed in this report's primary data tables, but those responses are always included in supporting graphs.

http://www.hunch.com/media/reports/food/

[get the red out]

1. We get anti-oxidants

It looks like we get some nutrition and they don't, so I guess that's why we are capable of rational thought.

[depakid]

2. None too surprising

Boring people, really.

[Warpy]

3. I don't see it as following ideology

quite as much as I see it following location.

The "conservative" preferences are typically rural and small town while the "liberal" preferences are largely urban.

After all, there are damned few Thai restaurants in Podunk and just try finding arugula and brie in a rural Piggly Wiggly.

[ThomCat]

6. Yup. I Think you hit it exactly right.

[XemaSab]

9. If Redding, California got an Ethiopian restaurant I could die happy

:)

[Ilsa]

4. There is some interesting information in that report.

I'm sure marketing people would have alot of fun with it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. "In-'n-Out" burgers aren't food. They're cuisine.

One of the few things I really miss since I moved out of L.A.

[jtrockville]

7. Velveeta isn't even cheese. It's "cheese food".

So I guess it's what cheese eats?

[XemaSab]

8. Arugula isn't technically lettuce

:P

[nemo137]

10. Salt on a margarita glass is an abomination!

The only drink that needs salt on the rim is a Salty Dog.