Proof the working class votes for Republicans, not Democrats

[redrumloa]

Here's an interesting statistic for you.

According to the research of prior elections, “in 2008, candidate Barack Obama carried 81 percent of counties with a Whole Foods and just 36 percent of counties with a Cracker Barrel — a record 45-point gap. In 2000, Vice President Al Gore won 58 percent of counties now containing a Whole Foods and 26 percent of those now boasting a Cracker Barrel, a 32-point difference. And in 1992, Gov. Bill Clinton won 60 percent of Whole Foods counties and 40 percent of Cracker Barrel counties — a mere 20-point margin.”​

For those who may not be familiar with these chains, here are the cliff notes.

Whole Foods:
A Supermarket commonly referred to as Whole Paycheck. Everything is organic and eco-friendly to the extreme. Costs at this store range from about 3 to about 20 times more expensive than an average grocery store. Your average working class person typically steers clear due to the astronomical prices.

Cracker Barrel:
Known for "home-style cooking" with large portions and low prices. It has a very rustic look to the restaurant and shop. It's know for it's down to earth charm and reasonable prices. Limousine Liberals wouldn't be caught dead mingling with such commoners.

Funny how Liberals still pretend to be for the working class, when everyone except some stupid rich university trust fund kiddies knows this is not true.

 

[JoBBo]

No proof, just badly chosen statistics.

Cracker Barrel is only present in 42 states and - despite plenty of working class people living there - nearly non-existent in the Western United States, i.e. states such as Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and the easily most populous state of all: California. All of these states were won by Clinton...

 

[redrumloa]

No proof, just badly chosen statistics.

Cracker Barrel is only present in 42 states and - despite plenty of working class people living there - nearly non-existent in the Western United States, i.e. states such as Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and the easily most populous state of all: California. All of these states were won by Clinton...

Are you trying to disprove, or prove the point?

 

[JoBBo]

Are you trying to disprove, or prove the point?

Disprove, obviously. Your wild theory would only hold water if somehow the percentage of working-class families was in fact lower in states where Cracker Barrel has no presence. That is not the case.

Even worse, you picked a company that paid out millions after a Justice Department investigation brought to light that customers had been segregated in 50 of its restaurants (spread across 7 states). At some point, it even had a rule that any staff who did not exhibit "normal heterosexual values" should be (and were) fired. Given their corporate history, I would be careful about associating them with Trump supporters as it does not exactly help to spread the narrative that Trump fans are not racist / afraid of women who love other women, etc.