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Walmart's appeal is gaining among Democrats
CBS "News" ^ | March 30, 2018 | By AIMEE PICCHI

Posted on 03/30/2018 6:55:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A funny thing happened to Walmart during the past five years: The retailer -- known for its Arkansas roots and its red-state appeal -- has made inroads with left-leaning shoppers.

A majority of shoppers who identify as Democrats now say they would consider shopping at Walmart, a shift from just five years ago when slightly more than four out of 10 said they would buy from the store. Democrats also say they now view Walmart in a positive light, while five years ago their perception was negative.

Walmart has also increased its workers' pay and spoken out against anti-gay laws, leading the LGBT magazine The Advocate to remark on Walmart's "transformation into an LGBT ally."

"It is unusual to see a brand improve with one political party while maintain its ratings with another political party," Marzilli said. "It's a hard feat to pull off."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; retail; walmart
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1 posted on 03/30/2018 6:55:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just a web search for “shoppers of Walmart” will tell you it’s gaining among the left. One couldn’t imagine a freakier bunch than that.


2 posted on 03/30/2018 7:00:18 AM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t bet against Walmart. The company is rapidly evolving. It will be the first company to gross a trillion dollars.


3 posted on 03/30/2018 7:00:30 AM PDT by meatloaf
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4 posted on 03/30/2018 7:00:31 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If Sam was alive today it would be interesting to see his
opinions on the changes over the years.

“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire
everybody in the company from the chairman on down,
simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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5 posted on 03/30/2018 7:01:33 AM PDT by deport
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To: OttawaFreeper

The Holly Hobbie look.


6 posted on 03/30/2018 7:01:50 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Arkansas-based company, Arkansas first lady.


7 posted on 03/30/2018 7:02:07 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Walmart let’s full blown trannies serve as clerks. 6’ tall men in sun dresses. Sodomite Sales Associates.


8 posted on 03/30/2018 7:04:28 AM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chestern)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
spoken out against anti-gay laws

Can someone give me one example of a proposed or established "anti-gay" law?

9 posted on 03/30/2018 7:08:41 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: XEHRpa
Just a web search for “shoppers of Walmart”

www.peopleofwalmart.com

10 posted on 03/30/2018 7:10:01 AM PDT by rllngrk33 (Time for all patriotic Americans to boycott liberals.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Corporations doing politics are inviting the school drop out marchers and rioters to run their business.

Chickafilet is still packed full with democrats craving their sandwich. I never eat there but my lib people cannot get enough of it despite calling it homophobic


11 posted on 03/30/2018 7:10:27 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: headstamp 2

Which has transformed into the Hillary Hobbit look.


12 posted on 03/30/2018 7:16:47 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (truth will trump their lies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“A majority of shoppers who identify as Democrats now say they would consider shopping at Walmart”

This is BS. Democrats have always shopped at Walmart.


13 posted on 03/30/2018 7:19:14 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Yeah, I saw one just the other day.


14 posted on 03/30/2018 7:22:30 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

O’Sullivan’s Law eventually catches up with everything.


15 posted on 03/30/2018 7:23:04 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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Which has transformed into the Hillary Hobbit look.

Only things missing are the walking casts and law enforcement monitor bracelets.

16 posted on 03/30/2018 7:23:17 AM PDT by Don Corleone
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To: headstamp 2

Weird how back then Democrats dressed more conservatively than many conservatives dress today.


17 posted on 03/30/2018 7:23:36 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: laplata

“This is BS. Democrats have always shopped at Walmart.”

Yes. It’s rare that I’m in a Wally World checkout line and don’t see someone paying with an EBT card.


18 posted on 03/30/2018 7:24:11 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Walmart is not unionized so the evil donkey lied to its foolish voters that Walmart is a terrible place to shop. The inmates looked over the plantation walls and saw the benefits of shopping at Walmart. Now the donkey is losing the anti-Walmart crowd. Ha ha ha ha more crumbling on their side.


19 posted on 03/30/2018 7:24:27 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I remember Walton’s store back in the 1950s. When he started Wal-Mart, he broke the economic stranglehold of the CHICKEN MEN who paid starvation wages well below minimum as they were “Agricultural”.

Poor people lived in run down shotgun shacks and tar paper shacks, and many houses did not have indoor plumbing. We had CULTURE SHOCK with the backwardness here when we were dragged as kids kicking and screaming from our home in the Rocky Mountains.

Now NW Arkansas is a powerhouse of economic growth in the state. Without Walmart, this would just be another poverty ridden state with people fleeing to Oklahoma for good jobs.

why am I here? I found a great job starting up a new coal fired power plant with super wages and benefits.


20 posted on 03/30/2018 7:32:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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