Poll of the week: Food banks is the number one Bruce cause
Last week's poll was a little different. It had nothing to do with his music or bands or time periods. We simply lined up a selection of the causes Bruce has supported over the years and asked which one you liked best. It was probably, to me, the most unpredictable poll we've had on here. I had no idea how it would turn out, except I didn't figure supporting DoubleTake Magazine or John Kerry would score too high.
Well, as it turns out, fans really like Bruce's habit of supporting food banks. He's done so since at least the Born in the USA Tour and still donates money to food banks in America. The result is interesting since we get a lot of visitors from particularly Europe where food banks are not common, if they exist at all. But in order to reach the 30%, a lot of Europeans must have voted for food banks too.
Supporting Amnesty International on the Human Rights Now! Tour back in 1988 came in second with 19% of the votes. This is not surprising considering the high profile of that tour and that occurred at a time when Bruce was still among the top three superstars in the world.
The highest ranking downright political or, shall we say controversial, cause Bruce has been involved in (human rights shouldn't be controversial to anyone in the free world) turned out to be the election of Barack Obama in the fourth spot. And yet, this received less than 10% of the votes indicating that Bruce fans are not crazy about him getting too deeply involved in politics.
Well, I'll let the rest be up to you to analyze. Here's the complete list of results:
Which of these causes that Bruce has supported is your favorite?
| Food banks (ongoing) |  30.7% |
| Amnesty International (human rights, 1988) | 19.0% |
| The Danny Fund (melanoma cancer, ongoing) | 11.5% |
| Election of Barack Obama (2008) | 9.7% |
| Concert For Heroes (9/11 victims, 2001) | 9.1% |
| Light of Day (Parkinson's disease, ongoing) | 5.2% |
| Election of John Kerry (2004) | 3.5% |
| No Nukes (anti nuclear energy, 1979) | 3.3% |
| Kristin Ann Carr Fund (Sarcoma cancer, ongoing) | 2.5% |
| Christic Institute (public interest law, 1990) | 2.5% |
| School benefits (for his kids' schools, ongoing) | 1.9% |
| DoubleTake Magazine (2003) | 1.0% |
Total votes: 515
In the coming week we'll step back in time again and look at the Born in the USA album. Are quality and sales connected? Or are those two factors actually inversely proportional? This shall be interesting to find out.