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…
Rachel
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.)
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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.)