Good grief. Studies show that fatter U.S. states support McCain.
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5 responses to “McCain’s Fat Supporters”
Blimey!
Weight is related to class and education, so they say. Whoever “they” are.
It’s just an uncomfortable correlation, isn’t it? Like the relationship between legalized abortion and crime rates. Sure, I have a stereotype in my head of a Republican voter, but even I’m uncomfortable with statistics that show it’s likely to be accurate…
Could this be a case of too many statistics?
Should McCain be putting his campaign messages on pizza and fried chicken cartons and Obama release his own brand of tofu?
Ya, as M-H said, it’s a class/education thing more than anything else. Poorer and less-educated states — Mississippi being the prime example — tend to both [a] trend Republican and [b] rely more on fast foods.
Fortunately, just as obesity rates can be lowered with an emphasis on diet and exercise, we’re very close to finding a working treatment for the horrifyingly debilitating effects of late-stage conservatism. (Hopefully, said treatment will be included in the Wii Fit 2.0.)