Republicans and cowboy hats

[All Along The Watchtower]

Coincidence?

[Marnetmar]

Well, people in rural country areas have a tendency to vote Republican.

[Indy Texas]

President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)


Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)


Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (D-CO)


Laredo Mayor Raúl Salinas (D-TX)


I mean really, guys? What is it with Democrats and wearing cowboy hats? It's like you can't be a Democrat without wearing a cowboy hat.

[Badger]

President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)


Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)


Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (D-CO)


Laredo Mayor Raúl Salinas (D-TX)


I mean really, guys? What is it with Democrats and wearing cowboy hats? It's like you can't be a Democrat without wearing a cowboy hat.

A defense attorney in my former tiny Ohio town always wore a cowboy hat. About the only one in the county who does, though he raises horses so he has an excuse. A proud leftie radical, who was once the elected GOP prosecutor a few decades ago. Interesting guy.

[Smid]

It is similarly in the job description for Canadian Prime Ministers:

[Indy Texas]

It is similarly in the job description for Canadian Prime Ministers:

But only when in Alberta, right?

[Smid]

It is similarly in the job description for Canadian Prime Ministers:

But only when in Alberta, right?

Indeed, there's a different dress code for party leaders in BC:

[PJ]

It's a western thing, not a conservative thing.

[ElectionsGuy]

It's a western thing, not a conservative thing.

This. About half the people in Wyoming wear a cowboy hat. Now Wyoming happens to be a very republican state, and the cowboy hat demographic is more conservative than the non-cowboy hat demographic (but only by a little bit), but plenty of liberals also wear cowboy hats. Its a sign of western culture. You don't see these things in the deep south very often, but you see them a lot in Texas, Montana, Dakotas, Colorado, etc.