# Poll: Betty or Veronica? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435 "2018-05-01T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/1 "2018-05-01T21:40:20Z")
Poll to follow. You’re choosing which one you prefer. You can apply any criteria you wish when making your choice. Don’t ask why you have to choose; the “why” is entirely up to you. You can’t choose both of them, so don’t even try to tell me that you’re “poly,” or that you’d marry Veronica and see Betty on the side. You can only pick one, and your choice is irrevocable. If you are unable or unwilling to choose, please explain your reason. Unless it’s “they’re exactly alike except for their hair”—that’s a stupid reason. See, this is like the mythological [Judgement of Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_of_Paris), except that there’s no golden apple and the stakes are MUCH higher. Zeus commands you to choose Betty or Veronica, so stop your lollygagging and get to it. If you don’t know who Betty and Veronica are, I question your patriotism. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/2 "2018-05-01T22:19:04Z")
Who could choose? They’re both dynamite. But I’d toss both aside, for Sabrina. 😉 [http://www.assistotv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/riverdale-sabrina-aprendiz.jpg](http://www.assistotv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/riverdale-sabrina-aprendiz.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/3 "2018-05-01T22:21:28Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > You can’t choose both of them, so don’t even try to tell me that you’re “poly,” or that you’d marry Veronica and see Betty on the side. You can only pick one, and your choice is irrevocable. Oh, granted, _I_ can’t marry one and see the other on the side, because _my_ choice is irrevocable; but I betcha Veronica would be seeing someone on the side in a matter of weeks, if _her_ choice ain’t irrevocable. She’s not, y’know, Betty. Betty, though? She’s genuine. She’s got heart. She’s, y’know, Betty. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/4 "2018-05-01T22:32:41Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > …or that you’d marry Veronica and see Betty on the side. Well, clearly, if you’re gonna go down that road you’d marry Betty and see Veronica on the side. Barring that, Betty. I haven’t really kept up how the characters are portrayed these days. Heck, I didn’t even read the comics back in the day, only knew Betty and Veronica by their stereotypes. Do they have any personality or interests of their own, aside from chasing after Archiekins? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/5 "2018-05-01T22:45:18Z")
This easy considering I’m already married to Betty. One thing that most people don’t know is that after dark, Betty turns in to Veronica! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/6 "2018-05-01T22:45:24Z")
I’d have liked to see this poll divided by gender. As a woman, I voted for the one I wanted to BE (rather than the one I want to shag.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/7 "2018-05-01T22:55:04Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > This easy considering I’m already married to Betty. One thing that most people don’t know is that after dark, Betty turns in to Veronica! What happens if you feed her after midnight? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/8 "2018-05-01T23:02:43Z")
Veronica Lake over Betty White any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/9 "2018-05-01T23:05:49Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I’d have liked to see this poll divided by gender. > > As a woman, I voted for the one I wanted to BE (rather than the one I want to shag.) I knew that this issue would probably come up, but I wanted the poll options to be as simple as possible. Veronica and Betty represent yin and yang, the essential duality of the universe, so all reasons for choosing are equally valid. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/10 "2018-05-01T23:06:09Z")
> [@](#): > > One thing that most people don’t know is that after dark, Betty turns in to Veronica! The only advantage that Veronica has over Betty is that she’s filthy rich. So… Betty gets richer at night? And granted that my choice is irrevocable, but do the ladies know that? Because it seems to me that, if I choose Betty, Veronica might still shower me with gifts to try to win me away, which is sort of a best-of-both-worlds. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/11 "2018-05-01T23:19:41Z")
actually according to the new “riverdale” tv show on the CW betty and veronica have been seeing each other off and on … ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/12 "2018-05-01T23:35:08Z")
With all due respect to DeCarlo (who is my point of reference here, I don’t care about newfangled television shows or comic reboots), Betty & Veronica are physically identical aside from their hair. I may as well go for money and pick Veronica. This isn’t to discount personality but then Veronica always seemed sweet enough to Archie when he was in her crosshairs and not pissing her off by dating Betty. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/13 "2018-05-01T23:35:53Z")
Betty for sure. Ronnie is too high-maintenance to be long-term. She’s probably freaky in the sack, but Betty looks like she could be downright _nasty_. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/14 "2018-05-01T23:42:27Z")
Betty because Veronica’s a bitch. Not that I want to sleep with either one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/15 "2018-05-02T00:14:12Z")
Actually, Gilligan. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/16 "2018-05-02T01:18:56Z")
Betty, Betty again, Mary Ann, and Bailey are the correct answers to all of your questions. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/17 "2018-05-02T01:19:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Actually, Gilligan. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Ginger and Mary Ann will be addressed in a future poll. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/18 "2018-05-02T01:28:37Z")
Veronica, she’s only drawn that way. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/19 "2018-05-02T01:31:56Z")
I know nothing about the personality of either one. I voted for Veronica because I prefer brunettes. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435/20 "2018-05-02T02:48:57Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I know nothing about the personality of either one. I voted for Veronica because I prefer brunettes. Of course black hair with blue highlights pretty much doesn’t exist outside the world of comics. So, the choice isn’t strictly between blonde and brunette/raven. Come to think of it, bright yellow hair barely exists either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435.md?page=2)