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Harper Poll Finds Common Ground on Food Preferences

hershey-parkWhen it comes to food in the Commonwealth, Pennsylvanians know what they want.

This year’s annual “Our Commonwealth” poll, conducted by Harper polling, found that PA citizens overwhelming agree on a number of food related subjects.

In favorite fast food, Chick-Fil-A took the top spot with 25% followed by Subway with only 15%. Third place finisher McDonald’s came in close with 13%, while Wendy’s and Burger King tied for fourth right behind McDonald at 12% apiece.

For favorite beer, Yuengling crushed the competition, winning 40% of votes. Second place Iron City only managed to only get 12%. Each beer did benefit from voters preference for local brews, with Straub’s, Victory’s, Yards, and Troegs showing greater numbers in their respective areas, but none found nearly enough support to compete with Yuengling.

In the battle for favorite Hershey’s candy, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups defended its top spot with 39%, despite a 4% drop from last year. Hershey’s Chocolate Bars, which finished in third last year, made up some ground and climbed into second place with an increase from 16% to 18%, while York Peppermint Patties fell from 17% to 12%.

However, the biggest blowout came from the Philly Cheesesteak vs. Primanti Bros. debate, which saw the cheesesteak crush Bros. 73% to 17%.

The other large blowout was between table or booth, where booth prevailed 69% to 27%. In regards to the latter, the survey revealed the surprising fact that on this issue, Republicans and Democrats actually see eye-to-eye. Remarkably, 28% of Republicans and 28% of Democrats said ‘table’ while 69% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats said ‘booth.’

The only poll that saw a close contest was the question of favorite convenience store, in which Wawa barely edged out Sheetz, 33% to 31%. Last year’s poll found Sheetz towering over Wawa 51% to 26%, but this year, the inclusion of Pittsburgh-based GetGo, which came in with 11% of the vote, helped Wawa replace Sheetz as Pennsylvania’s favorite convenience store.

The sample size for the survey is 568 and the margin of error is +/- 4.11%. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) automated telephone survey was conducted from June 25-26, 2014.

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