Public Opinion Denies America's Coolness

SodaHead deep dive a daily infographic Are Americans the Coolest People in the World? Uncool Americans The majority of people who voted just aren't impressed with America's "cool" factor. Yes 63% No 37% A Cross Section of American Cool People aged 35-54, conservatives, and IT workers were the only demographics with a majority who voted America “cool." Also, widows for some reason. 17% 27% No 47% 53% Yes 34% No 83% Yes No 66% Yes 73% Yes No Widows IT Workers Conservatives 35-54 12%Yes You're Killin' Me, Smalls! 42% Yes International votes were predictably brutal, but even Americans lacked confidence in their cool. On a related note, the U.K. and Canada recently got their own versions of "Jersey Shore." You're welcome. 94% No 88% No 58% No Still the Coolest Country You Can Come Up With* According to the poll that sparked this question, which reached 30,000 mostly international people, America is still cooler than any other country they could think of. Evidently, Brazilians were most likely to remember their own country. COOL BRAZILU.S BELGIUO HOLAND SPAIN NOT COOL TURKEY But Cool Doesn't Keep You Alive** life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living-America is doing pretty well, though not as well as some. Based on the composite Human Development Index–which measures countries' 0.938 NORWAY 0.937 AUSTRALIA 0.907 NEW ZEALAND 0.902 UNITED STATES 0.895 IRELAND *Badoo, 2011 (http://af.reuters.com/artide/oddlyEnoughNews//DAFTRE7852GB20110906) **Human Development Reports, 2010(http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf) Results taken from SodaHead.com on September 8, 2011. Vote, comment, and share at &SodaHead.com Total number of SodaHead votes: 703 © 2011 SodaHead.com