Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Transportation, Political

What does your ride say about you? In my case (93 Dodge Dakota) it strongly suggests I'm poor and collect scrap iron to supplement my income. Still, the fact that I use a motor vehicle instead of a shopping cart puts me in the upscale part of my demographic, which also suggests I might be a Republican.

Strategic Vision has a survey out that explores who buys what and correlates that with how they vote. Not surprisingly, Republicans seem to be somewhat wealthier and buy spiffier cars:

Democrats ..............................Republicans
1. Honda Civic Hybrid............ 1. Ford Mustang Convertible
2. Volvo C30.......................... 2. Audi A8
3. Nissan Leaf......................... 3. Mercedes GL
4. Acura TSX Wagon.............. 4. Ford Expedition
5. Ford Fiesta Sedan................. 5. Ford F-150

Interestingly the report at the link notes that people who become the richest earliest are libertarians.

H/T to Surber for this one, who notes that in his home state of West Virginia, the Nissan Leaf runs on coal.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"people who become the richest earliest are libertarians."

Were they libertarians before becoming rich, or did they become libertarians after-the-fact in order to rationalize their wealth?

Billll said...

I'm going to guess they became rich first then discovered that wealth-producing behavior is called libertarianism.

Anonymous said...

"wealth-producing behavior is called libertarianism."

So lying, cheating, extortion, fraud, embezzlement, sociopathy, etc. are "libertarianism".

Because those are wealth-producing behaviors.

Billll said...

Sorry, I seem to have left out the adjective "honest". What you are describing is the economic policy platform of the DNC.

Anonymous said...

Are you implying that Republican and Libertarian economic policies do not depend on lying, cheating, extortion, fraud, embezzlement, sociopathy, etc. to create wealth?