[Vision2020] All politics is locally brewed

[Joe Campbell]

I'm happy that the candidates are finally going to take my vote seriously! Joe

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:
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> http://www.joesixpack.net/columnArchives/2012/091312.htm
>
> FORGET SOCCER MOMS and NASCAR dads. In November, the presidency could go to
> the candidate who attracts the most craft-beer drinkers.
>
> Don't laugh, because it appears President Obama's re-election campaign has
> already taken note of an astounding phenomenon in 2008 election results -
> with the hope of a suds-soaked repeat in 2012.
>
> It's a stunning and previously unnoticed voting trend that almost certainly
> explains the presence last week of a craft brewer among the Democratic
> National Convention speakers, as well as the recent release of the Obama
> White House home-brew recipes.
>
> Take a look at the following chart:
>
> http://www.joesixpack.net/documents/beer%20and%20pols%20chart.pdf
>
> It ranks the states by brewery density - the number of breweries per square
> miles.
>
> Remarkably, every one of the 25 most densely brewed states voted for Obama
> in 2008. Those blue states account for 335 electoral votes - much more than
> the 270 needed for victory.
>
> Statisticians call this a positive correlation.
>
> This link has the rest of the story:
>
> http://www.joesixpack.net/columnArchives/2012/091312.htm
>
>
> Ken
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