Whole Food Counties vs Cracker Barrel Counties (election, county, elect)

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

This has probably been covered before, but I just uncovered this factoid that illustrates the growing split between Blue and Red America.

Democrats have been gaining in primarily suburban counties that have Whole Foods Markets, while Republicans have been gaining in primarily rural areas that have Cracker Barrels. The “gap” has been steadily growing since Bill Clinton won in 1992.

1992: Clinton carried 60% of Whole Food counties, but just 20% of Cracker Barrel counties for a gap of 40%.
2000: Bush carried 43% of WF counties; 75% of CB for a gap of 32%.
2008: Obama won 78% of WF counties; 36% of CB for a gap of 42%.
2016: Trump won 22% of WF counties; 74% of CB for a gap of 52%
2020: Biden won 85% of WF counties; 32% of CB for a gap of 53%

https://www.businessinsider.com/high...ection-2020-12

Another way of stating it from the same article; the larger the number of white college graduates in an area, the more likely it’s a Democratic area.

My county (Maricopa County, AZ) has both Whole Foods AND Cracker Barrel

[Take a History Class]

Unless you're huge and generalized, like say a Walmart Supercenter, every business is going to have a primary customer they appeal to. Whole Foods and Cracker Barrel are no different. In my southern state, Whole Foods is only in two locations...the state capitol and the town that the state University is in. That second one is close, so my wife and I visited Whole Foods just to see what it was like after it opened. First of all, the "whole paycheck" nickname is no lie. Secondly, the customers were walking stereotypes, no different than the entire "people of Walmart" meme. When we pulled into the parking lot, you might have thought it was a Subaru dealership on one side and then on the other, more Toyota Priuses than I've ever seen in one place, even a Toyota lot. 8 parking spots in a row...Prius, Prius, Prius...you get the idea. Inside...well, lesbian central. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but boy, they love them some Whole Foods.

[D217]

It's purple here, we have both.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

LOL

Mitt’s looking better by comparison all the time.

I look at the 2014 election, and all of the elections I can remember before that (my first memory is of my parents arguing about HHH and Nixon), and shake my head re how crappy the three major candidates in the last two elections have been.

[Enough_Already]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

This has probably been covered before, but I just uncovered this factoid that illustrates the growing split between Blue and Red America.

Democrats have been gaining in primarily suburban counties that have Whole Foods Markets, while Republicans have been gaining in primarily rural areas that have Cracker Barrels. The “gap” has been steadily growing since Bill Clinton won in 1992.

1992: Clinton carried 60% of Whole Food counties, but just 20% of Cracker Barrel counties for a gap of 40%.
2000: Bush carried 43% of WF counties; 75% of CB for a gap of 32%.
2008: Obama won 78% of WF counties; 36% of CB for a gap of 42%.
2016: Trump won 22% of WF counties; 74% of CB for a gap of 52%
2020: Biden won 85% of WF counties; 32% of CB for a gap of 53%

https://www.businessinsider.com/high...ection-2020-12

Another way of stating it from the same article; the larger the number of white college graduates in an area, the more likely it’s a Democratic area.

I my area Whole Foods and Cracker Barrel are next to one another.

[branDcalf]

We have neither in my state, much less the county.

Must be why I come to C-D. To figure out what I am.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Take a History Class

Unless you're huge and generalized, like say a Walmart Supercenter, every business is going to have a primary customer they appeal to. Whole Foods and Cracker Barrel are no different. In my southern state, Whole Foods is only in two locations...the state capitol and the town that the state University is in. That second one is close, so my wife and I visited Whole Foods just to see what it was like after it opened. First of all, the "whole paycheck" nickname is no lie. Secondly, the customers were walking stereotypes, no different than the entire "people of Walmart" meme. When we pulled into the parking lot, you might have thought it was a Subaru dealership on one side and then on the other, more Toyota Priuses than I've ever seen in one place, even a Toyota lot. 8 parking spots in a row...Prius, Prius, Prius...you get the idea. Inside...well, lesbian central. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but boy, they love them some Whole Foods.

I don't know which state is your state, but what you describe above is not indicative of the atmosphere at the different Whole Foods I patronize in the Houston metro.

[InformedConsent]

This is just confusing because I know a lot of places that have both WF and CB. What does that make them?

[formerlynorthofnowhere]

Originally Posted by GSPNative

Mitt Romney, come save us!

Asking Mitt to save you is like asking someone to throw an anchor to someone who is drowning.

[SWFL_Native]

I like both... CB is bomb for breakfast and WF has great produce/deli/bakery. Hell on a Sunday I’ll go to CB for breakfast then do my grocery shopping at WF afterwards.