TikToker Thinks She Can ID Men's Politics Based on Their Clothing

Clothes don't have political views, but one TikTok user thinks she's cracked the code to match people's style with their personal ideologies. Beverly Hart used to work on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer for five years, and she claims to have honed the unique skill of deciphering where her colleagues in Congress fall on the political spectrum based on how they show up dressed to work. 

It started as a game that she and her friends would play while out at lunch or getting coffee and they'd see other Capitol Hill staffers out in public. Her original video addressing the idea that people's politics can even be identified by what they wear received more than one million views. After creating a follow-up breaking down women's fashion on the Hill, she explained in another post how men's clothes and accessories can signal who they might have voted for.  

Her first tell: a seersucker suit. "Listen, I know it's hot as Hades in D.C. right now. I don't deny this," she conceded, "but if you're wearing a seersucker suit and a bowtie, Republican." When it comes to earrings on men, the answer is clear: "Democrat." 

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Next on the list is a standard messenger bag. "The messenger bag to me is giving to me, like, 'Birds aren't real. Burn it all down. Apocalypse now,'" she said, before stating plainly, "Democrat." 

Bowties aren't the only neck accessory to have a political leaning. "Any skinny or knit tie situation, Democrat," she proclaimed. 

The classic college polo shirt and khakis combo is an easy one. "It's giving dad. It's giving 'I got a tattoo with my frat brothers,'" she describes before declaring the look is undoubtedly "Republican."

The last object isn't a clothing item, but something men tend to pull out of their pockets: chewing tobacco. This, she believes, is a Republican tendency. 

Needless to say, going off colors as simple as red and blue isn't the easiest way to figure out a person's beliefs right off the bat. 

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