Archived Study shows the car you drive may reveal whom you voted for (nypost.com)
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Archived Study shows the car you drive may reveal whom you voted for (nypost.com)
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'When sedans outnumbered pickup trucks, there was an 88 percent chance the city would vote Democratic. '
'The types of cars also provided information about the race, income and education levels of a neighborhood, the study said. '
'Volkswagens and Aston Martins were associated with white neighborhoods while Chryslers, Buicks and Oldsmobiles tended to appear in African-American neighborhoods, the study found. '
'The researchers created an algorithm to identify the brand, model and year of every car sold in the US since 1990. '
'The researchers cross-checked their predictions against actual Census Bureau data and voting results. '
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