# Why are all my customers who bring up politics from the same demographic group? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 8, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-customers-who-bring-up-politics-from-the-same-demographic-group/962492 "2022-04-08T00:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 86
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-customers-who-bring-up-politics-from-the-same-demographic-group/962492/86 "2022-04-11T17:08:52Z")
I get into political conversations with all sorts, as I talk about in the thread below, so I’m going to go with a combination of: 1. Venue 2. Confirmation bias 3. Your race and age Haven’t read the thread yet, but I’m sure there are experiences of African-American conservatives being assumed supporters of the Democrats, etc etc etc etc. > [@I blew up a Toastmasters group last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-blew-up-a-toastmasters-group-last-night/918672): > > Just gonna put this in the Pit, even though it isn’t really aimed at anyone or anything… it’s too political for MPSIMS, not debatey enough for GD, and even though it’s political in nature, not really suitable for P&E… so here we are. Let’s just file this under “Recreational Outrage: Live Edition”. Have a friend (Dave) who is helping another friend (Matthew) start a Toastmasters ™ group here in San Antonio. Having had some experience with TM, I was asked by Dave to help Matthew start his new TM … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-customers-who-bring-up-politics-from-the-same-demographic-group/962492)._