Survey Reveals Most Patriotic U.S. Brands and States
Everyone knows that Independence Day is the most patriotic national holiday in the United States, but which state is the most patriotic?
To answer this question, financial website WalletHub looked at the number of veterans and people currently in the military in each state, as well as the number of volunteers and voters.
According to the survey, the winner is Virginia. The runner up is Alaska, followed by Wyoming, South Carolina and Idaho. The least patriotic states were New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Virginia was home to eight U.S. presidents, the most of any state. It also has a deep history from colonial times to the Civil War, and is home to several large military bases, including the Pentagon.
But what iconic brands do people associate with America? Are some of them more patriotic than others?
To find out, Brand Keys asked 5000 U.S. consumers to rate 297 brands on a 1-to-5 scale, with 1 meaning "not patriotic at all" and 5 meaning "extremely patriotic".
Automaker Jeep took the top spot, followed by Coca-Cola, Disney, Ford and American Express as the top five. The top 20 included famous brands such as Pepsi, KFC, McDonalds, Apple, Levi Strauss, Twitter, and Walmart.
