Food issues polarizing America

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Public Policy Polling:

In this highly polarized political climate Democrats and Republicans can't even agree about food.

Democrats are the party of bagels (34%) and croissants (32%) while Republicans prefer to eat donuts (35%).

Democrats like KFC better than Chick Fil A (39/18) while Republicans take Chick Fil A over KFC by a 48/29 spread.

Democrats are cool with vegans (a 48/22 favorability rating) while GOP voters have a negative opinion of them (31/41).

Democrats prefer regular soda (47/31) while Republicans prefer diet (42/34).

And while Republicans narrowly believe that Olive Garden constitutes 'a quality source of authentic ethnic food' (43/41), Democrats (41/44) think it does not.

There are plenty of food issues where Democrats and Republicans do see eye to eye though:

-Overall 40% of Americans have a positive opinion of fast food to 49% who view it negatively. Democrats and Republicans both come in at 41/50 on their general opinion toward fast food.

-52% of Americans say that dinner is their favorite meal of the day. 29% go for breakfast, and lunch brings up the rear at 11%. Democrats and Republicans both strongly back dinner.

-Coke beats out Pepsi 43/35 in the soft drink wars, drawing support from both Republicans (47/33) and Democrats (44/37).

-And there's a strong sentiment from voters crossing demographic lines that they'd rather have a coke than a beer (57/30).

There's mixed news on the fast food burger front. Burger King wins best honors with 22% to 19% for Wendy's and 15% for McDonald's. McDonald's with 22% takes the dubious least favorite prize with 22% to 16% for Hardee's and 15% for both Burger King and Jack in the Box. But the news isn't all bad for McDonald's- in a hypothetical Presidential race Ronald McDonald would beat out the Burger King 36/22.

We also looked at some more serious food issues. 54% of voters say that they'd be willing to pay more for their restaurant meals to help employees have health insurance to 30% who say they would not. Democrats (72/19) are overwhelmingly willing to pay more for that purpose, but Republicans by a narrow margin (41/38) as well. This issue has received a lot of attention because of Papa Johns' complaints about Obamacare, and that chain doesn't fare too well in our favorite pizza voting: Pizza Hut wins with 30% to 17% for Papa John's, 15% for Domino's, and 5% for Little Caesar's.

________

 

Political food science.

[Draggingtree]

Grey Poupon "The Lost Footage"

 

http://youtu.be/mqIZa3PTX6c