5/18/2006
THE GOP LOVES STARBUCKS...REPUBLICANS: Bored with worrying after "security moms" and "NASCAR dads," the media has found a new voting block to buzz about. The buzz, of course, depends upon the number of expresso shots in your grande iced caramel macchiato.
Ah, segmentation how I love thee.
The new "it" voting block...Starbucks Republicans.
Lewis Black couldn't have coined it better himself.
These independent-leaning voters in high-growth areas in the South and West ultimately backed Bush two years ago but are now disappointed in the president and the Republican Congress.
Wow, sounds like every Republican to me.
In case you're wondering about the finer points, or if you, in fact, belong to this voting block (though personally, I think it would be waaay cooler to be a NASCAR dad), here's the DL:
LOCATION: Mostly in the suburbs
AGE: Younger then the average, 55-year-old voter
GENDER: About 55 percent to 60 percent female...so basically, they have one
INCOME: Middle class to upper middle class
FISCAL POLITICS: They support lower taxes but are anxious about the federal deficit
SOCIAL POLITICS: Pro-choice and not anti-gay
OTHER POLITICS: Pro-environment, especially when it comes to sprawl. Concerned about the economy, health care and the price of gas
RELIGION: Many of them attend church, but they are more secular than fundamentalist
David Beattie, the creator of the term says that "They may be disappointed in Republicans, but they are not convinced yet that Democrats will do better." And added, "They view what is happening in Washington, D.C., as a childish food fight."
Wow, sounds like every Republican to me.
Ah, segmentation how I love thee.
The new "it" voting block...Starbucks Republicans.
Lewis Black couldn't have coined it better himself.
These independent-leaning voters in high-growth areas in the South and West ultimately backed Bush two years ago but are now disappointed in the president and the Republican Congress.
Wow, sounds like every Republican to me.
In case you're wondering about the finer points, or if you, in fact, belong to this voting block (though personally, I think it would be waaay cooler to be a NASCAR dad), here's the DL:
LOCATION: Mostly in the suburbs
AGE: Younger then the average, 55-year-old voter
GENDER: About 55 percent to 60 percent female...so basically, they have one
INCOME: Middle class to upper middle class
FISCAL POLITICS: They support lower taxes but are anxious about the federal deficit
SOCIAL POLITICS: Pro-choice and not anti-gay
OTHER POLITICS: Pro-environment, especially when it comes to sprawl. Concerned about the economy, health care and the price of gas
RELIGION: Many of them attend church, but they are more secular than fundamentalist
David Beattie, the creator of the term says that "They may be disappointed in Republicans, but they are not convinced yet that Democrats will do better." And added, "They view what is happening in Washington, D.C., as a childish food fight."
Wow, sounds like every Republican to me.
# posted by Laura W @ 5/18/2006 03:59:00 AM 
