[Vision2020] All politics is locally brewed

[deb]

As a home brewer, I endorse his campaign to brew!! Now, if he also decides 
to make wine and bottle salsa, he has me firmly in his corner....
Debi R-S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Marcy" <kmmos1 at frontier.com>
To: "Vision2020 discussions" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:20 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] All politics is locally brewed


>
> 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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