Before Herman Cain’s May announcement to run for President, Godfather’s Pizza was on more or less on equal perception tracking with all three parties.  Since then, political party perception of the brand took three distinct routes: it has soared with Republicans, remained neutral for Independents, and trended mildly downward with Democrats.

See more from YouGov and also the NY Times story.

[Cross-posted at The Monkey Cage]

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John Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University.