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'''Joe Sixpack''' is an expression describing a type of down-to-earth voter who wears a T-shirt, grabs a sixpack of beer, and likes to enjoy watching a ballgame on television on the weekends.  He's the opposite of an elitist, fancy-college-graduate [[liberal]].

'''Joe Sixpack''' is an expression characterizing a type of down-to-earth voter who wears a T-shirt, grabs a sixpack of beer, and enjoys watching a ballgame on television on the weekends.  He contrasts with the image of an elitist, fancy-college-graduate [[liberal]].

This expression was more popular in the 1980s than today, but is the type of voter whom [[Scott Brown]] appealed to in his stunning upset victory for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat previously held by [[Ted Kennedy]] in [[Massachusetts]].

While this expression was used more frequently in the 1980s than it is today, numerous candidates for office have appealed to this type of voter in recent elections, including [[Scott Brown]] in his stunning upset victory for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat previously held by [[Ted Kennedy]] in [[Massachusetts]].

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