We have lots of demographic data on voting shifts, but little psychological data. So, let's make up our own numbers. You probably know these characters better than you know your own neighbors or second cousins. So, tell us how they would have voted in 1992 versus 2024.
The Coen Bros.’ The Big Lebowski is set in 1990 as President Bush the Elder draws a line in the sand. Who would the characters have voted for in 1992 and in 2024. (I thought about using 1988 vs. 2024, but Bush vs. Dukakis was dull compared to Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot.)
I feel like there would have been some definite shifts, which may (or may not) say something about the evolution of American voting in real life. But I’ll first see how you vote over the next 24 hours before giving you my theories.
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Feel free to imagine the characters as being the same age in 2024 as when the movie is set in 1990, or imagine them as aging in real time. Whatever you feel like…
Don’t worry about who dies over the course of the movie. They all live on in this poll.
Remember, you are voting for how the character would vote, not the actor.
In 2024, the Dude definitely has a falling out with Walter over Gaza.
Looking back fondly on his SDS days & in between pads, the Dude hangs out at the UCLA encampment before being rousted by Walter & a mob of Beverly Hills Persian Jews.
Walter would have written in Pat Buchannan.