In the spirit of trying to better understand the nature of the evolving progressive electorate, I submit the following unverified and undigested (as it were) hypothesis: there would appear to be a strong correlation between jurisdictions (typically cities) that elect very progressive and/or DSA endorsed candidates and jurisdictions that either have foie gras bans or are putting foie gras on the ballot. What’s intriguing about the great “foie gras debate” is 1) no one has heard of it (nor should they have) and 2) it’s a perfect progressive issue, because whichever way you vote, you vote progressive: you’re either an animal-rights friendly environmentalist or a cosmopolitan foodie. Of course the DSA will thrive in this environment. I’m an historian and not a statistician, but I suspect there’s an interesting connection here.
In the spirit of trying to better understand the nature of the evolving progressive electorate, I submit the following unverified and undigested (as it were) hypothesis: there would appear to be a strong correlation between jurisdictions (typically cities) that elect very progressive and/or DSA endorsed candidates and jurisdictions that either have foie gras bans or are putting foie gras on the ballot. What’s intriguing about the great “foie gras debate” is 1) no one has heard of it (nor should they have) and 2) it’s a perfect progressive issue, because whichever way you vote, you vote progressive: you’re either an animal-rights friendly environmentalist or a cosmopolitan foodie. Of course the DSA will thrive in this environment. I’m an historian and not a statistician, but I suspect there’s an interesting connection here.
https://ballotpedia.org/Daily_Brew:_August_12,_2026#google_vignette
Politics aside, anyone who knows how foie gras is produced and still eats it is a monster.