Another poorly-phrased, poorly-targeted, phony poll from a media outlet? Say it isn’t so!!!
Innumeracy runs rampant. Disinformation to be ignored.
Right. In n Out Burger was more popular with Asians and Hispanics, but it’s only available on the west coast, where a large percentage of these ethnic groups reside.
I can tell you from personal experience that this chain is at least equally popular with white people who have access.
Yup - it's clearly geographic all the way down the line. All the Caucasian restaurants are based in Canada, the upper Midwest, or the Mountain West. All the black restaurants are based in the South. All the Asian restaurants are based on the Pacific coast (Panda Express is from Cali), and four of the Hispanic restaurants are based in California and one in Miami.
The fact that virtually all Weinerschnitzel and In-n-Out restaurants are in border states or Nevada explains their Hispanic clientele a lot better than “roots in their ethnic background”. And vice versa for Taco John's, with almost all their restaurants in the top 15 whitest states - compare 62 locations in Iowa to 3 in Texas.
Take In-n-Out. Until it moved into North Texas, I would regularly stop at one on the way to the airport in CA, NV and AZ. I made sure that it was on my bucket list for "Things to Force my Kids to do on Family Trips".
As with many "studies", there is much to look at besides the raw statistics.