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‘REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE’: What Does Your Favorite Beer Say About Political Ideology and Likelihood to Vote

The Atlantic has published an entertaining discovery from National Media Research Planning & Placement, a political media research firm, analyzing what can be learned about someone’s political ideology and likelihood to vote, based off their favorite beer.

What Does Your Favorite Beer Say Political Ideology and Likelihood to VoteBy this index, it would seem accurate to peg Busch Light fans as part of the right-leaning, low turnout crowd, staying at home on election stay (and possibly hungover), with their left-leaning full flavor Busch fan friends. Surprisingly, the study would suggest that Guinness drinkers are the most likely to be found voting in a booth for democrats, and Sam Adams drinkers voting for Republicans.

The “Real News From the Blaze” panel discusses where they fall on the spectrum:

Surprised by this study? What would you guess beer preferences say about political leanings:

 


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  • youguysready_letsroll
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:39am

    Brooklyn Brown Ale, and I’m a libertarian. Has nothing to do with ideology – I just appreciate a good flavored brew

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:32am

      Agreed, I personally just love me some Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. Seems pretentious, but man it’s good stuff. Ironically, years ago when I had my liberal brainfart of youth I drank Coors Light.

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    • Quiata
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Smithwick’s, Murphy’s, and Guinness Stout….in that order.

      Slainte!

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    • Gnostyk
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:31am

      I don’t see Harp on the chart. Now, THAT’S an awesome brew!

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  • Crazy Robert
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:16am

    Warsteiner Dunkel is tops!

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  • obrien871
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:06am

    Where’s Colt 45 and Kool Menthols on the list… you know our president’s favorites! LOL

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    • skimmer57
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:24am

      That was funny! I would love to sit down with that man’s man Mitt and knock back a couple of cold ones.Talk about stuff. He likes cars I like cars! He likes to fire people,I like to fire people.You know me and my new buddy Mitt have a lot in common! That is until he starts with the bank accounts in the Caymans and that damn car elevator.

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    • youguysready_letsroll
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:36am

      Remember the beer summit? Obama drank Bud Light only because it was the most popular beer – the fake poser.

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    • lala76
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:41am

      Don’t forget Schlitz!

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    • obrien871
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Michelle Obama likes Colt 45 with her caviar and lobstah! LOL

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    • tckid17
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:07pm

      What about Ranier and Heidelberg, beer that could “put hair on your chest”, as my step dad would say.

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  • Locked
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:04am

    Hmmm, closest to my favorite on the list is probably Blue Moon (technically my favorite is Yuengling, but you’ll only find it in the Del-Mar-Va area or around Florida and Georgia). Skewed Republican, slightly higher voter turn-out. Seems about right.

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    • thenizzutz
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:25am

      I drink Yuengling quite a bit… its one of my favorites. We’ve been drinking it here in NY for quite a while.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:29am

      Actual I like moosehead as an import and Budweiser as a domestic. The really don’t give you much of a choice in the poll.

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    • HealthyLoser
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:47am

      Yuengling in Pottsville, PA is America’s Oldest Brewery, since 1829.
      We know it well in Rochester, PA. Lager on draught in a mason jar for $0.75.

      http://www.yuengling.com/our_story/

      This is a story of America.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:56am

      Yo! LOCKED… Yuengling light is DEL-MAR-VA-LOS….

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    • NC1
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:00am

      Yep, Yeungling is my favorite.

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    • linearnonlinear
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:02am

      Yuengling…..Good God Man…..Look around so many better Ales/Beers out there. Drinking a Yuengling is like having a PBR with too many hopps.

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:37am

      I wish I could the Yuengling brews here in Texas, alas they don’t distribute farther west than Tennessee and then only in certain major population areas.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:14pm

      Hey Locked… never heard Yuengling, so I guess they don’t ship to California. How about I buy you a reeeeally fast car and a tricked out Semi and you get a trailer full here in say… 4 days (12 noon) from dilivery of the vehicles and you’ll get one million dollars. Oh, don’t pick up Frog… she’s a lib.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:22pm

      Moosehead and Heini when I can afford it and Old Milwaukee when I cannot.

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:44am

    I stopped drinking Busch and Busch light after I inquired to the company about them using floridated water to brew their beer. Turns out they do.

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  • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:29am

    Sam Adams lays about where I’d expect it to, being one of my own faves, but where‘s the Killian’s Irish Red?

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  • Zuse
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 6:47am

    Demo‘s don’t drink beer, they drink the kool-aid

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  • raderby
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 5:49am

    Labatt Blue. Not on the list, huh? And I agree about Bass Ale.

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  • grannyrecipe
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 5:28am

    I’d have to say Bass Ale (British) It’s great but a little too expensive, $7-8 a six

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    • linearnonlinear
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:59am

      Yea! But Taste has no Price. Next would be a Newcastle or Sam Smiths !

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:43am

      Good beer is always more expensive, the big three (Coors, Bud, Miller) use fillers to gain alcohol content where as the most imports and all craft brews use pure ingredients. Also, take volume into account. If you sell millions of cases every year instead of thousands of cases you can keep your profit per unit margin extremely low.

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  • TheBlazeIsNotRighteous
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 4:55am

    What about the rest of us who drink Yuengling?

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:10am

      I‘d say good ole American or Ron Paul supporter but that’s me. Thanks for reminding me to tell the wife we need beer.

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:12am

      We have just been introduced to Yuengling here in OH. It’s all anyone wants anymore.

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    • Locked
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:14am

      I thought the exact same thing. Luckily they have a brewery in Tampa (only others are in PA), so Floridians get cheap and available Yuengling. Huzzah!

      I remember talking to a friend in Maine before and asking them if they had some. Their response? “Is that Chinese?” Ha! (Dutch Pennsylvanian, if someone didn’t know).

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    • sallyredneck
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:35am

      The old time Yeng, a favorite for my family.

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    • Dangeroo
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Don’t forget another Pennsylvania brewery – Troegs ( near Harrisburg ).

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    • Heb4Seven
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:37pm

      @Locked: Dutch Pennsylvanian?…Ha Ha…I was on my way down to write my comment and ‘Is that Chinese?’ .WAS gonna be MY question!
      Geez…Chinese Beer in America would be the total end of us. Those who drink it would probably get lead poisoning anyway.

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    • Cat_Ion
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:24am

      Yep.
      Yeungling, the oldest brewery in America.
      That’s mine.

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  • Doctor Nordo
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 4:07am

    It’s such a fallacy to divide the chart up into Republican and Democrats. Believe it or not there are political leanings out there that don’t fit nicely into either category.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:15am

    VO & water.

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  • MadBrad
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:10pm

    If you have ever used Korean Luggage you would know how predictable this outcome was. Lookey here, I’m a Combat Veteran of the Cold War. I fought Communists AND drank Beer in an English speaking Country. I had my 19th Birthday in Combat ( I enjoyed my first Guiness Stout that day) and I’ve spent every day since studying them. I was recently instructed to write my Obituary, due to naturally caused health issues. If you are interested in knowing what a dying man has to say to dying people, do a Google Search for “The Brother Love Show – Addicted to Love”. There you will find all I have to say to the Human Race on the subjects of Love, Beer, Good -VS- Evil, Communism and MUCH, much more. I chose to drop this information HERE because I have a great deal of admiration of Glenn Beck and his staff.

    http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=69517

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    • Mr.Fitnah
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:32am

      So what is your educated opinion of LSD based on personal experience ?

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  • NOT A CRAZY
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:40pm

    Spam – report it.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:38pm

    I have drunk Sam Adams, but I drink Blue Moon or Fat Tire more often. Once in a blue moon I will have a Corona.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:53pm

      Blue Moon for me too! Preferably fresh from the Coors Factory on the short tour. :-)

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    • Rogue
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:24am

      Fat Tire in the winter, Sunshine (with a slice of orange) in the summer!

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:46am

      Sam Adams Boston Lager on tap is “wicked good” my friend, in the bottle it’s just good.

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  • NOT A CRAZY
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:34pm

    I brew my own and I like hops.

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:56am

      i do too!!!! my fav is a dopplebach called defibrilator 7.0 (7.2abv) it is an impolite beer being it doesn’t ask your permission before it kicks your arse.

      for every dat drinking here in beer country USA i go with the no name generics (mostly ice beers at 5.9abv) because after 6 they all taste the same. see i am a conservative, and an alcoholic on a budget. LOL

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:58am

      I manage a liqour store where we carry a nice variety of craft beer (which I get to pick) so I get to sample lots of beers at cost. Hops make the beer, and not cascade hops (tastes like drinking flowers) but I rarely choose anything that’s not at least a pale ale. Oregon, California, Colorado, and surprisingly Delaware are producing the best pale ales and IPA’s in the world. See, something good does come out of liberal states. It just takes capitalism to make it available.

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    • Cat_Ion
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:28am

      Yep. Another homebrewer here. Having lived in Germany for a while in the late 70s/early 80s, back in 1985 I took up homebrewing to make a beer that wasn’t Budweiser that was good — heavy, flavorful – that I could afford.
      It also taught me patience, which I needed to learn.
      Having said that, now the Gov’t can come after me…

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  • Guttersmack
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:00pm

    Scotch, if you please.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:01am

      Ditto.

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    • SublimeOne
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:21pm

      Make mine a Johnny Walker Gold Label w/no more than 3 ice cubes. Or a Killian’s Irish Red!!!!

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  • MyzPhoenyx
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:53pm

    That poll bites. I don’t drink any of them. Bud is too wussy of a beer, with no real flavor to it. I’m sorry, but if I’m going to wash my wings down with a brew, I’d prefer a tall Spatan Optimator. Nice thick lager with an awesome, smooth head and just enough of that hoppy punch without being over powering. Don‘t be down on me because I don’t like a lot of the watered down American-ish beers. I much prefer home brewed beers and mead. Some of the best beers and meads that I’ve ever tasted have come from home brewers, right here in the states.
    So I don‘t know where they’d try to shove me in there. I guess I just like not being statistically correct. :)

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  • junior1971
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:48pm

    Coors=5%=14.99 to 16.99 per case.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:42pm

      Wow…were do you live? Colorado? It is about that price for Keystone here.

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  • wordweaver
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:44pm

    This is really useful.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:43pm

    Lived in Germany for almost nine years, and also worked in Belgium for a few months. My favorite beers are not listed here.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:41pm

      Becks?, Bitburger? St Pauli’s Girl? I am trying to remember some of the others. I live in Germany for 4-1/2 years and drank Bitburger or Heineken

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    • linearnonlinear
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:12am

      Yes, here in the States it is a sad state of Beer/Ale. Yuengling is a good example. I had friends over from GB and they could not believe it. I had them try Yuengling and others like it “Iron City” was the one they spit out. I do have to say they didn’t mind a Gennesee Cream Ale, Fat Tire, and Blue Moon. So some good things are going on here. Even the Bud is different here than in the U.K. I told them they had to do something with all that Clidesdale Water :-)

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    • VastRightWingConspirator
      Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:14pm

      There are hundreds of great beer and ales brewed right here in the U.S., it’s just that none of them come from Bud, Coors, or Miller. Most craft brewed beers are as good as you will find anywhere, you will never convince me that I have to buy a European beer to get a good brew, I have sampled hundreds of beers and my top ten is almost all from the U.S. You guys have just lived under the big 3 brewerys for so long you think some pretentious Euro beer sets the standards. Too many Americans just drink to get drunk so they choose the cheapest and largest package available which is usually some fizzy yellow beer flavored water.

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  • OlefromMN
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:29pm

    The chart had me pegged wrong. My usual beers (Bud and Busch) have me in the liberal whacky insane low turnout category. I am a solid conservative in the I vote every election category. I even like Tecate when I vacation in MX.

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  • 408 CheyTac
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:20pm

    all the choices are garbage, or training beer.

    Where is a good IPA?

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    • Cheekymnky2
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:25pm

      Go figure, no place for libertarians and home brewing.

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:29pm

      yeah no budweiser seriously?

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:01pm

      Training beer? I’ll have you know I am a well seasoned professional. LOL

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    • so3
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:50am

      No kidding. I don’t see Bass on the list. THAT is the finest ale on the planet.

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:17pm

    Barry and Plugs Biden must be drinking all of them for breakfast, lunch and dinner to do/say the stupid things they do…

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:12pm

    REAL NEWS!!!!!!!! per the Blaze.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:20pm

      So true Kangaroo. Cmon, Blaze! Libs drink Wine.

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    • Steelhead
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:22pm

      when will they run out of atheist non news stories ?

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:42pm

      Get over it. If you want “real news” go to CNN.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:47pm

      Aw, were you guys pegged from the get go? Is this why you are complaining?

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