| − | '''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]]. | + | '''Joe Sixpack''' is an American-English expression characterizing a type of down-to-earth, typically conservative voter who wears a T-shirt, grabs a sixpack of beer, and enjoys watching a ballgame on television on the weekends, contrasting with the typical image of an elitist, fancy-college-graduate [[liberal]]. While the expression was used far more frequently during the 1980s than today, it represents a significant amount of the large, working-class population. |
| − | 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]].
| |