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Soda vs Pop vs Coke Map

LexiMap is collecting verified U.S. responses to one regional language question: What do you call a sugary fizzy drink?

Soda currently leads among verified LexiMap votes with 50% of responses. The map currently includes 1,004 verified votes.

Last updated from verified vote data: May 30, 2026, 10:24 PM EDT.

Live National Results

  • Soda: 500 verified votes (50%)
  • Pop: 417 verified votes (42%)
  • Coke: 67 verified votes (6.7%)
  • Other / local term: 20 verified votes (2%)

Where Votes Are Coming From

These states currently have the most verified votes in this question.

  • Ohio: 459 verified votes, Pop leads with 64%
  • Georgia: 81 verified votes, Soda leads with 69%
  • California: 67 verified votes, Soda leads with 93%
  • New York: 32 verified votes, Soda leads with 78%
  • Michigan: 29 verified votes, Pop leads with 90%
  • Pennsylvania: 24 verified votes, Soda leads with 67%
  • Illinois: 22 verified votes, Pop leads with 55%
  • Texas: 22 verified votes, Soda leads with 59%
  • Minnesota: 19 verified votes, Pop leads with 89%
  • Massachusetts: 17 verified votes, Soda leads with 65%

Strongest Regional Patterns So Far

These are early, self-selected results from verified locations, not a scientific survey. They are useful for spotting regional language patterns as the sample grows.

Soda

  • New Jersey: 100% Soda (9 of 9 votes)
  • Connecticut: 100% Soda (7 of 7 votes)
  • Rhode Island: 100% Soda (4 of 4 votes)
  • Wisconsin: 94% Soda (16 of 17 votes)
  • California: 93% Soda (62 of 67 votes)

Pop

  • Michigan: 90% Pop (26 of 29 votes)
  • Minnesota: 89% Pop (17 of 19 votes)
  • Iowa: 88% Pop (7 of 8 votes)
  • West Virginia: 80% Pop (4 of 5 votes)
  • Nebraska: 67% Pop (2 of 3 votes)

Coke

  • Alabama: 57% Coke (4 of 7 votes)
  • Louisiana: 44% Coke (4 of 9 votes)
  • South Carolina: 43% Coke (3 of 7 votes)
  • Texas: 41% Coke (9 of 22 votes)
  • Tennessee: 40% Coke (2 of 5 votes)

Other / local term

  • Louisiana: 33% Other / local term (3 of 9 votes)
  • Massachusetts: 24% Other / local term (4 of 17 votes)
  • Virginia: 18% Other / local term (2 of 11 votes)
  • Indiana: 14% Other / local term (2 of 14 votes)
  • Kentucky: 13% Other / local term (1 of 8 votes)

How The Map Works

Votes are placed by browser location or ZIP fallback, then grouped into national, state, and county results. LexiMap does not publish exact GPS coordinates, device identifiers, or raw ZIP-level vote tables in these public result pages.

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