Study Reveals Most Popular Cars Of Each Major Political Party

Jalopnik ^ | MARCH 31, 2012 | Tom Joslin

[DogByte6RER]

Study Reveals Most Popular Cars Of Each Major Political Party

Marketing research company Strategic Vision recently completed a study that sought to identify what new vehicles found the most favor with Democrats and Republicans. After 38,000 responses the study revealed some rather interesting results.

The most popular vehicle of those who self identified as members of Republican Party was the not so conservative Ford Mustang Convertible, followed by the Audi A8, Mercedes GL, Ford Expedition and Ford F-150. In fact it seems convertibles are a big hit with members of the Grand Old Party, who were responsible for 69% of convertible sales recorded in the study.

Democratic results were a little more predictable with the Honda Civic Hybrid topping the list, closely followed by the Volvo C30, Nissan Leaf, Acura TSX Wagon, and Ford Fiesta Sedan. Perhaps even more predictably, according to Alexander Edwards who is the president of Strategic Vision, the majority of Civic Hybrid Owners who responded lived in San Francisco and NYC.

As the New York Times points out, the firm weighted certain responses which are likely responsible for the appearance of oddball cars like the TSX wagon and the Audi A8 on the two lists.

Sure, a study that reveals Democrats drive hybrids and Volvos while Republicans prefer trucks and luxury cars might not be unbelievably ground breaking, but the findings are certainly backed up by significant representitives of the two parties. Before President Obama was told he could no longer drive by the Secret Service, a Ford Escape Hybrid sat in the garage next to his Chrysler 300. Mitt Romney has also revealed he splits his driving time between a Chevy truck and a Mustang—which we now have to assume is a convertible.

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Ron Paul Guy

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"The Messiah's voterbase in the CITIES is partial to the Cadillac Escallade, with 22" rims and 50 megawatt stereo's....."

Offered with absolutely, positively, NO comment....

[Windflier]

I would not be caught dead in a chevy built by government motors.

I may get flamed for this, but I'm still a Chevy man, born and raised. I drive a '98 Chevy Silverado with 180,000 miles on the clock, and would buy a new one today, if I could afford it.

I hate like hell that GM let Obama get his greasy fingers on the company, but it's a mistake I think they'll recover from in time.

[Windflier]

I have a C5 Corvette.

Good for you, Jag. Drive what you like. That's called freedom.

[Seaplaner]

I smell a bogus study.

[Lazlo in PA]

You got that right.

Major Nelson always had hot Pontiacs and Darren drove Chevy's. I actually have some old television ads with the Stevens selling Impalas in the late 60's.

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Before President Obama was told he could no longer drive by the Secret Service
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Obama has a driver's license? Really? What birth certificate did he use to get one?

[Little Bill]

I have owned Subaru’s and loved them, my recently converted Conservative brother drives a Lexus Hybrid.

[JediJones]

So who is driving all the Toyotas and Nissans?

Moderates?

[RegulatorCountry]

What a mess they made of a perfectly nice early seventies Impala hardtop coupe.

[RegulatorCountry]

Sube lover and owner here, too. Got to admit mine confuses the greenies and lesbians, it’s a GT turbo wagon, very fast, room for dogs and stuff, mileage doesn’t suck at all for AWD. Last model year they were sold in the US, 2007.

[DogByte6RER]

It may be B.S., but I did provide a link to the study.

Here it is again:

http://www.strategicvision.com/pdf/auto_2012_political_party.pdf

[Charles Martel]

Darren and Maj. Nelson had the coolest cars back then.

Yeah, back when GM knew how to advertise.

[Fred Hayek]

I drive a Subaru Forester, but the Terrorist Hunting Permit stickers provoked a lot of violent responses from Minnestoopidans.

[RegulatorCountry]

The Corvair actually was a nice car, especially in the late sixties as is the example in that frame from “Bewitched.”. Ralph Nader was a demagogue and a fool.

[eddie willers]

Thank you Paul Shankland:

In a Yugo

As the snow flies

At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo

And they drive with pride

Cause if there's one thing that this world needs
It's environmental friends who'll take the lead
In a Yugo

They say, "people don't you understand
Those suburbans are ruining the land"
But they'll wish they had a full size van one day
They point fingers at you and me
They say we're too blind to see
But do we simply use our heads
And choose another way?

As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They're gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo

Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
They're squashed beneath a produce truck

But they drove with pride...

And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didnt get far
In a Yugo

And as they're trapped inside
At a used car lot on the other side of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo....

And they drive with pride...

[21twelve]

A guy I know works on pipelines with other conservatives, hunts, fishing, ex timber guy. For is needs and price at the moment he got a Subaru which he loves. He said every week someone brings in another liberal bumper sticker for him to put on his Subaru! (Not that he does...)

[Charles Martel]

The story is presenting the study in a misleading fashion. It appears that the Mustang convertible took top honors in one category out of fifteen. It’s popularity *within that segment* is high, but it’s not #1 overall.

[Lazlo in PA]

If you ever had a chance to drive a Corvair Monza Spyder, those things ran like a raped date and were a fun little car. They had a turbocharger. Nader had no idea what he was talking about which is typical.

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