If you paid attention to the 2014 midterm elections in the United States, you saw that Coca-Cola crushed the event. Yes, Coke is taking power and Pepsi is now regulated to the sidelines with a pretty much lame duck President.
Yes, I know it's really all about Republicans and Democrats and not about Coke and Pepsi. Still, I think its fair to say Coke can be a Republican symbol and Pepsi and be the Democratic one. The unofficial party colors can make a case for that. Republicans are red like Coke and Democrats are blue like Pepsi. Still not convinced? Well, I've said it before. Look at the advertising. Coca-Cola advertises old school. Coke is all about Christmas, cuddly polar bears, buying the whole darn world a Coke because its just so familiar and grand, just like the G.O.P. And Coke has Taylor Swift, a wanna-be pop star trying to "shake off" her country roots. And country music is conservative, my friends. And come on, Coke starts with a "C" just like "conservative."
Meanwhile, Pepsi is all about being hip, edgy, and on the cutting edge. Pepsi is about being you. Screw the establishment. Be an individual. A "taker" if you have to. X-Games stuff. Squat in the street in front of a corporation's high-rise and get blasted with tear gas. Go team You! And of course they have Beyonce. Forgive the stereotyping, but African Americans make up a solid base of the Democratic party. And then there is that whole new Pepsi symbol that mysteriously appeared in 2008. You know, the curvy Pepsi logo that looks an awfully lot like Obama's rising-sun-faux-agrarian campaign symbol. Yup, Pepsi is definitely Democratic.
So what does this mean? It means get ready to chug some Coke people whether you crave it out not. At the very least, all that Coke is gonna is going to at least block you from enjoying a Pepsi from the the White House anytime soon.
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