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| This page revised 8-14-06 |
| Neckties of Democrats & Republicans: they're different (link to "Tie quiz" is at bottom of page) (These pages are basically for my own entertainment, but maybe you can be entertained, too.) |
| In case you haven't noticed, there are extremely different types of fabric patterns of neckties that almost all Democrats wear & other types that almost all Republicans wear. I don't know why. It's an unwritten, unspoken, maybe unknown phenomenon. Democrats usually wear diagonal stripes. Sometimes the stripes are horizontal. If there are individual figures, they're usually arranged in a striped pattern; if not in a striped pattern, the figures are small, identical, & white or off-white (either a circle or asterisk [*] shape). Democrats also wear artsy/jazzy patterns/pictures--maybe it's because Democrats are creative; maybe they wear stripes a lot because Democrats believe in reaching out & including all rather than separateness. Republicans usually wear individual figures. The figures are symmetrical & have at least 2 colors; there are often 2 types of figures--when this occurs, the 2 types show up every other one, it's not unusual for 1 type to be smaller & the 2 types to have similar colors but in different places (if the larger type has blue on the outside & red on the inside, the smaller type has red on the outside & blue on the inside.) 2 sizes of figures could represent the "haves" & "have nots." Independents wear ties that are somewhat like both the Democrats' & Republicans' ties. If it's more like the Democrats' ties than the Republican's, they lean towards the left (left: the person's political ideology, not the tie). If it's more like the Republican's tie, they lean towards the right. They also wear artsy/jazzy patterns/pictures. Here are some examples of Democrats' ties: |
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| A little less liberal--stripes are in 2 directions. |
| Liberal. |
| Almost individual figures, but arranged in stripe formation. |
| A look at ties of Democrat presidential candidates 2004: |
| John Edwards. He's liberal (not just his tie). |
| Examples of Republicans' ties: |
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| Very typical. |
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| The individual rectangles give it a less liberal look. |
| Notice the light blue & medium blue colors (2 colors) of the figures. |
| Still symmetrical figures, but because they almost touch, less conservative. |
| Independents or Democrats: |
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| Individual figures, but so close together, it's not really Republican. The colors produce stripes. |
| Typical Independent. |
| Dick Gephardt. No Republican ties here. |
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| Dennis Kucinich. |
| Howard Dean. Was considered a conservative Democrat when governor; is considered liberal now. Tie on the left is somewhat conservative; tie on the right is a basic/small/white figured Democratic tie. When governor, he was for reducing Medicare substantially & was for the selling of assault rifles. Is he now a moderate Democrat? Liberal Democrat? Maybe he doesn't even know. |
| One of the more conservative Democrats running. Notice the Republican tie (the figures touch, so it's not super conservative.) |
| Wesley Clark. He used to be an Independent, voted Republican, now a Dem. Has he REALLY made the change? Notice the very traditional Republican tie. This could be a poster for what Republicans wear--& what Republicans look like (white, male, middle aged, short hair that doesn't touch ears, wealthy, healthy, military person, suit with Republican tie, looks like a banker.) He's got to still have quite a bit of Republican in his heart. |
| Al Sharpton. |
| Click the tie to take the "Tie quiz." |
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| All kinds of Democrats wear this. |
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| (Background picture is of a tie I sometimes wear which was my father's tie. He obviously voted Democrat--notice the diagonal stripes & artsy/non-symetrical designs arranged in diagonal stripe formation.) |