The Politics of Coffee

by Tom Purcell
MensNewsDaily.com

It’s impossible to get away from politics these days, even while sipping your morning brew.

According to a recent Zogby poll, the coffee you drink likely reflects where you sit within America’s political and cultural divide. It’s what the Zogby folks call “The Starbucks Divide.”

As it goes, the folks who drink Starbucks’ coffee differ mightily from those who drink Dunkin Donuts’. Starbucks’ drinkers are primarily under 50. Liberals and progressives – shocking I know – are twice as likely to drink Starbucks.

The divide breaks down along gender lines, too. While men prefer Dunkin' Donuts over Starbucks (36% to 28%), women prefer Starbucks by a much wider margin (40% to 24%).

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