--- title: Republicans v Democrats: The Most Political Foods in America description: TIME was able to determine the most partisan foods in America by looking at Congressional districts and ordering data from Grubhub canonical: https://time.com/4410194/democratic-republican-bipartisan-political-foods-america/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-18T16:43:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:19:01.682Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Most Political Foods in America og:description: See which culinary treats are most likely to be ordered by Republicans versus Democrats og:url: https://time.com/4410194/democratic-republican-bipartisan-political-foods-america/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Most Political Foods in America twitter:description: See which culinary treats are most likely to be ordered by Republicans versus Democrats twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Most Political Foods in America > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=b6870799-5b6b-4e33-b553-7291fbd5ab89&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1)  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Jul 18, 2016 4:43 PM UTC  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Jul 18, 2016 4:43 PM UTC Here’s a free tip for those running for office this year: [Republicans ](http://time.com/4403385/first-republican-party-platform/)should target fans of sweet and sour chicken, while [Democrats](http://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/) should go after the Massaman curry crowd. There may be more expedient ways to pinpoint sympathetic voters, but believe it or not, there is a high correlation between the popularity of these dishes and the politics of a given area, according to data provided exclusively to TIME by the online food delivery service [Grubhub](http://grubhub.com). An analysis of bulk ordering patterns from 187 congressional districts found that these two dishes are the ones most associated with the partisanship of a given district. By running correlations between the share of orders for 175 dishes and the average share of votes going to Democrats or Republicans in each district, TIME was able to determine the most partisan foods in America. You can [take our interactive quiz](http://time.com/4400706/republican-democrat-foods/) on the politics of your diet or see below for the top 15 most Republican, Democratic and bipartisan foods in America. Of course, there’s a whole tangle of reasons for why these associations might exist, from cultural differences between voters to the regional popularity of different foods. But at a time when American politics seems more polarized than ever, it is some comfort to know that we can still all come together over a love of bacon cheeseburgers. **Methodology** Grubhub provided TIME with the number of times each of 175 dishes was ordered in 214 congressional districts, as well as the total number of orders in each district. For each district, the partisanship is measured as the average share of the vote going to Democratic and Republican candidates over the past two cycles (the only two since the House of Representatives was redistricted following the 2010 decennial census.) After removing districts with small numbers of total orders, TIME ran a correlation between the volume of orders (as a percent of all orders in that district) and the partisanship of the district, [weighted toward districts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson%5Fproduct-moment%5Fcorrelation%5Fcoefficient#Weighted%5Fcorrelation%5Fcoefficient) with higher total order volume. 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