Must-see chart: The politics of beer

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The National Journal Hotline on Call blog posted this graphic yesterday:

The chart is based on an analysis of Scarborough Research data, which includes 200,000 interviews with American adults, to determine the politics of beer drinkers.

Americans who most often drink Dos Equis are in the middle-of-the-road while drinkers of Heineken’s flagship brand are strongly Democratic. Samuel Adams drinkers are strongly Republican, and more likely to vote.

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