Are men who ride Harleys Republican or Democrat?

[undeterred]

[ghostsofgiants]

1. What's with people who feel the need to politicize things that are more than likely apolitical?

[undeterred]

3. Have my eye on someone, not politicizing!

:hi:

edit: I hope my crush turns out to be a Dem!

[bigwillq]

2. Could be either

My dad's friend is a Harley-driving, NASCAR watching, Jack Daniels drinking, Marlboro smoking...............












DEMOCRAT!



:bounce:

[Bzzzz]

4. My husband is a 1%...

he's a progressive among a pack of ultra-conservatives.

[av8rdave]

17. I'm definitely in the minority among those I ride with

I just don't get into politics when I ride - riding is supposed to take you away

[w8liftinglady]

30. are you talking 1%er,as in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_percenter
cool...

[SacredCow]

5. I'd have to say either....

I know of both scenarios.

Of course, in either case you're talking about someone who overpays for an UNDERengineered bike, so......

<dons flame retardant suit>

[undeterred]

8. Its no Ducati, eh?

Like I would know the difference...

[TangoCharlie]

11. Under-engineered?

A Harley is a highly-evolved tool for recycling oil back into the earth. Can you get any greener than that? :)

[BikeWriter]

6. I'm a yeller dawg Democrat with a third million miles on Harleys.

[JackBeck]

7. I was down in Key West when the Harley tour came to town.

When they drive all the way down the East Coast, upper tip to bottom tip. I would say they lean much more toward Democrat.

Many would engage me and my partner and go out of their way to say how they are suits during the week and Harley riders on the weekend.

And they would talk about how upset they get when stereotyped in an evil, violent way. Could not have met a more warm, open, and embracing group of men and women on a vacation.

[TangoCharlie]

13. Probably a general demographic

When you mention "East Coast" and "Key West", I'd guess you'll find mostly Democrats no matter what kind of vehicle they drive. I have no facts to back that up, just a guess.

Has any Bush Brother made it to that end of the state?

Regards.

[JackBeck]

16. They come from all over the country to participate in this yearly event.

It's sort of a Harley convention, where they drive all the way from Maine, down to the tip of Florida.

[Gold Metal Flake]

9. #4) Not in a hurry to get anywhere.

:-)

[undeterred]

14. My kinda guy.

I like your avatar. :hi:

[Gold Metal Flake]

28. Another pix

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

10. When I think Harley Rider I think of

a middle aged person desperately trying to hang onto their youth while pretending to be a rebel on the weekends, despite the fact that they work a boring 9-5 job that is sucking their life away. Could be either party but most I've met are Dems.

[davsand]

12. Libertarians.

Stop shuddering--I swear I'm telling you the truth, I have known more than a few Libertarian bikers.

I have also known some bikers who were as Left as it gets and some who were pretty Republican. Just last week I rode with a tow truck driver with Harley floor mats and Rush on the radio. I needed the tow, so I didn't complain...

:evilgrin:

The moral of the story is that you just can't generalize and it would be cheating yourself not to find out if that particular biker is a lefty, a righty or someplace in between.

Have fun!


Laura

[billyskank]

15. Just having a midlife crisis

that's all.

[hyphenate]

18. My brother and sister-in-law

are bikers, and they're both solid Dems for the most part. The only exception they made in the recent election was voting for John Ensign instead of Jimmy Carter's son. But bikers are like the rest of us for the most part--they're a diverse lot.

[AngryAmish]

19. Harleys are the poor man's Corvette or Hummer

They are owned by guys lacking a certain something downstairs.

[Left Is Write]

21. Or maybe they're owned by people who like to motorcycle.

[Ron Green]

20. Don't know about their politics, but their volume level is obnoxious.

[auntAgonist]

22. He rides a Harley?

He can be anything he wants to be :evilgrin:




seriously?


I don't think riding a Harley is typical of one party or the other.

aA

[RedStateShame]

23. They come from all spans and walks of life, enjoying a strong, steady vibration close to the ass.

[Jimbo S]

24. Indeterminate

HD cuts across all classes, all professions, all walks of life.

[PVnRT]

25. Whigs

n/t

[undeterred]

27. cOOl

:hi:

[Lowell]

26. I've been riding Harleys for nearly 40 years

and I'm a dem. Unfortunately most of the guys in my M/C are real right wingers. We just avoid talking politics and enjoy the ride.

And to the poster who called a Harley a poor man's Corvette, wrong. There is no comparison between riding a motorcycle and driving a cage, whether its a corvette or a beetle.

[w8liftinglady]

29. my boyfriend rides a 1999 softail.he's a democrat,bigtime