Even Diet Mountain Dew was going to become a wedge issue in the cultural wars. Instead, it may become a unifier. Both the Republican and the Democratic candidates for vice president are fans of the soft drink, linking a regional favorite to the national political conversation.
Kentucky, with high per capita Mountain Dew consumption, saw the unexpected connection between the Democratic governor's remarks on Diet Mountain Dew and his party's vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, highlighting the drink's popularity across the political spectrum.
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