Porn Goes Political! Here’s What Your Voting Habits Say About Your Pornography Preferences

The brilliant minds at PornDoe have rolled out the Stars and Stripes to find out what gets America off during election season.

With the excitement, tension, and all-round day-time Emmy Nominated Soap Opera drama finally drawing to a close- our friends at PornDoe asked America to once again go to the polling booth. But instead of voting on things like health care reform, immigration policy, and restructuring judicial systems- they decided to ask about something a little more comfortable. Something that everyone can enjoy- Porn.

That’s right, good ol’ pornography finally gets it’s moment in the spotlight. We’ve seen that over the course of 2020, engagement with streaming pornography had skyrocketed, and we wanted to know what exactly is was that you were watching post-debate. Well, after asking participants to volunteer some geolocation and political affiliation data, they also asked what the best types of porn were. The results? Well, let’s just say there might still be a few surprises in store.

What the People Want

What the company found isn’t just that people love a good polling- but also that their reported voting habits seem to have a pretty decent correlation to the type of pornography they’re watching. Where staunch blue states seemed to like things a little bit on the kinky side, red states love the classics, and swing states- well, they’re really swinging when it comes to erotica.

The classic blue states sure seemed to love the “standard kinks” like MILF and lesbian porn. While these definitely aren’t the darkest rabbit holes of dirty things one can get into when searching out online porn, they’re still not quite your average vanilla categories.

If fact, things didn’t start to get really wild until the swing states got involved- per usual. These states are not only the ones that love to shake up an election, but apparently, their porn preferences are just as disruptive. Leaning towards the love of some extra spicy content like pegging and femdom, these states were anything but ordinary.

Red states loved cheerleaders, butts, and blowjobs- which probably doesn’t surprise anyone. Sticking to the steadfast classics that we all know and love. But Georgia- a classic Red state gone Blue in 2020, also went a bit off the map in PornDoes poll- reporting a devilish desire for…. tickling? That’s right! Georgians seem to love getting in their licks, right aside of their kicks. With “tickle porn” being a clear winner in this state that seems to be pushing boundaries of all kinds.

Voting Style and Brain Chemistry

While this information might seem super surprising to some, but less than shocking for others- there actually might be neurobiological factors at play. There have been several studies, investigating the idea that people tend to make their political voting preferences based on certain types of brain and personality attributes. Each suggesting that a number of different neurobiological factors come into play when we hit the polls and make the big choices. So of course, these probably apply to our penchant for porn as well.

One landmark study in particular “Red brain, blue brain: Evaluative processes differ in Democrats and Republicans”, suggests that the lines between liberal and conservative ideals extend far past policy and candidates- but instead rely heavily on certain personality traits and brain structures. Showing that different areas of the brain seem to be filled up with more grey matter than others, depending on which side you lean towards. Which, in layman’s terms means that when it comes to considering risk- liberals and conservatives’ cognate differently.

In essence, the part of the brain that activates when a person has to make decisions based on risk and political ideology- Republicans tend to make choices associated with external cues, where Democrats rely on more internal psychological states. Which could explain why the Red states seem to stick to more mainstream porn genres, while Democrats seem happy to branch out a bit. With the swing states really throwing the curve of kinks.

What Your Porn Habits Say About You

While this all could reasonably explain why liberals are a bit more- well, liberal, about their porn preferences, it could also have absolutely nothing to do with any of it. The psychology that has devoted years to unraveling our sexual kinks has come up with some pretty wild, and also pretty useless theories about why we like what we like when it comes to our adult entertainment. Freud, perhaps one of the most famous psycho-sexual pioneers came up with many theories that have stood the test of time- as well as some that fall fairly flat in today’s society.

So really, the only thing that your porn preferences can say about you for certain is that you watch it. Sexuality is an exceptionally fluid compilation of behaviors and feelings. There are also different elements of sexuality itself- emotional, mental, physical. So if you’ve ever found yourself being turned-on by some “weird” stuff- don’t worry, you’re not alone. It also doesn’t mean that you’ll start voting Republican, or march in a liberal protest anytime soon. What it means is that your attraction to a given situation is mediated by a number of different complex physical and neurobiological systems- most of which science itself hasn’t quite figured out. So don’t feel shame about that wild furry foot fetish you have. Embrace it, get consent, and go on to be happy in your kinks. Even if it’s just some good old-fashioned tickling.