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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan you tell a person's politics just by the way they look? Take this test.
http://prospect.org/none-aboveWarpy
(111,339 posts)I think the tipoff is an arrogant set of the jaw for GOPPIES because I got all of them right. Democrats, Indies and NOTAs didn't seem to have that.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)Two Dems and last was a Repub. I couldn't tell anyone else. Although I must say that the Repubilcans got a lot of scary looking supporters. Like Mr. Nevada. I figured he was none of the above at best and Dem at worst----mainly because I figured Mexican descent. He came out a Republican. Man...
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)and there was another guy who looked like a lying huckster
I got both of them right
I got the first one right based on the kindness in her eyes.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)He looks like the type who's probably from the south, very socially conservative, loves his guns and doesn't have a pot to piss in.
Yes, I generalize. I don't care.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)blown to smithereens.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)The take away? You can't judge people's politics from the way they look.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)But if you're observing people IRL, at the store, in the parking lot, on the highway, how they talk, how they interact with those around them, what they talk about, tone/demeanor, I think it wouldn't be nearly as difficult as simply viewing someone's photograph.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)You know, by thinking, 'hey black guy is probably Democrat...but that's what they want me to think, so, he's probably Republican!"
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Like the first lady. She could be my aunt and she looked really sincere, but her hair told me she was a 'pub.
Wrong
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Can't remember which ones now. I know I got two Independents right though. They just looked 'independent' lol!
Chan790
(20,176 posts)ruffburr
(1,190 posts)Fun though,Interesting
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)but I got about half of them right. I had trouble differentiating independents from dems.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)catbyte
(34,450 posts)They've gotta stop sneering and looking so goddamn mean. Although that is what they are. They revealed their souls on their faces. Ugh.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Let god sort 'em out.
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)TBF
(32,090 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)except 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,12,14,15
I sucked at it...
treestar
(82,383 posts)Most stereotypes worked. The teacher and the black guy - Democrats.
I was surprised at how I was able to pick out Republicans!