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« on: August 02, 2021, 05:28:26 PM »

I think country fans generally vote Republican, pop, rap, R+B, and soul fans tend to vote Democrat, and that rock fans are a swing demographic. What do you guys think?
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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2021, 09:10:01 AM »

I think country fans generally vote Republican, pop, rap, R+B, and soul fans tend to vote Democrat, and that rock fans are a swing demographic. What do you guys think?

Rock is really diverse. You have everything from fundie rock groups to neocon emos like Godsmack and A7X to people  like RAM, Green Day, and to a lesser extent Metallica, Disturbed, and  SoaD etc...
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« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2021, 11:04:56 AM »

You’re probably broadly right, although “pop” is so broad and, uh, popular I’d imagine its fans have pretty diverse views too. Rock would have at one time had a solidly Democratic/left-leaning fanbase, but sadly it’s largely now seen as “safe” and “boomer” music, no longer as transgressive or cutting edge as it once was. Following the same trajectory as jazz pretty much. It’s currently in the stage of “music your parents listened to,” which is where jazz was when rock was hip, and after jazz itself was transgressive and cutting edge. Perhaps when the boomers die off rock will, like jazz now, have a niche but hip and left-leaning base of NPR listeners.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2021, 07:04:54 PM »

I'd say k-pop fans tend to be very Democratic

K-pop fans tend to be on the young side, left leaning on social issues and with a tendency to vote Dem.

K-pop fans have a keen tendency to look for interesting bits of culture outside of their own, unlike say, country music, which perpetually explores and celebrates the American rural culture and its peculiarities. k-pop fans might not be the "Leave American culture 100% as it is" kind of people.

K-pop fans are idealistic. In general, k-pop tends to bea sort of "rainbow marshmallow cloud poetry" where the world seems perfect. I'd say k-pop fans have a higher than average tendecy to believe in expanded healthcare and maternity leave, which align with Dem proposals.
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2021, 10:58:55 AM »

Country fans seems to vote very republican with a notable exception
The genre talks about mostly rural life and cowboy attitudes and the fans who like country are "I don't need to adapt to city life" the problem is Nashville is very liberal and has more diverse music even if country is the hub here. The chicks are a huge exception, they criticized Bush 43 over the iraq war and the famous phrase "shut up and sing"- to stop talking politics and appeal to your fans stuff.
Regional Mexican (Mexican country music) fans are mostly Democrat but with their Catholic beliefs they are pro life. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2021, 07:16:44 PM »

Country fans seems to vote very republican with a notable exception
The genre talks about mostly rural life and cowboy attitudes and the fans who like country are "I don't need to adapt to city life" the problem is Nashville is very liberal and has more diverse music even if country is the hub here. The chicks are a huge exception, they criticized Bush 43 over the iraq war and the famous phrase "shut up and sing"- to stop talking politics and appeal to your fans stuff.
Regional Mexican (Mexican country music) fans are mostly Democrat but with their Catholic beliefs they are pro life. 
I mostly agree with this, though country these days is pop but with guitars and less overtly sexual lyrics
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2021, 07:40:15 PM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2021, 10:52:55 PM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2021, 09:26:23 AM »
« Edited: December 01, 2021, 09:30:46 AM by Redban »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.

I thought white men were the main Republican base. Maybe you mean young white men? (and young white men would be lean Republican or swing-group, I believe).
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2021, 09:47:31 AM »

I think country fans generally vote Republican, pop, rap, R+B, and soul fans tend to vote Democrat, and that rock fans are a swing demographic. What do you guys think?

Rock is really diverse. You have everything from fundie rock groups to neocon emos like Godsmack and A7X to people  like RAM, Green Day, and to a lesser extent Metallica, Disturbed, and  SoaD etc...

The folks who listen to classic rock (Eagles, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, The Doors etc.) are probably deep Republican
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2022, 10:59:29 AM »

Classical music seems heavily Jewish or East Asian.
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2022, 11:15:50 AM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.

What are you talking about? White men are the most right-leaning group.
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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2022, 06:39:34 PM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.

What are you talking about? White men are the most right-leaning group.

I think he means for they’re way more liberal than the white male population at large (even if still possibly republican)
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2022, 04:45:10 PM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.

What are you talking about? White men are the most right-leaning group.

I think he means for they’re way more liberal than the white male population at large (even if still possibly republican)

Ah, so he probably meant to say "despite its core demographic base" rather than "given"
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2022, 06:37:16 PM »

Country and metal are Republican. Pop and rap are Democratic. Everything else is mixed.

Metal is actually quite left leaning given its core demographic base being largely constituted of white men.

What are you talking about? White men are the most right-leaning group.

I think he means for they’re way more liberal than the white male population at large (even if still possibly republican)

Ah, so he probably meant to say "despite its core demographic base" rather than "given"

Probably yes. Also I’d probably agree with that and say they’re maybe a lean Obama lean Trump group
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