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California Soda vs Pop vs Coke vs Tonic Map
LexiMap is collecting fresh county-level responses to one of the classic American regional word questions: soda, pop, Coke, tonic, or something else. This California page focuses on county-level results inside the state.
Current result: California is leaning Soda on the Soda vs Pop vs Coke vs Tonic Map, with 94% of 80 verified votes.
Prompt: What do you call a sugary fizzy drink?
Answer options: Soda / Pop / Coke / Tonic / Other / local term.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 9, 2026, 10:45 PM EDT.
California Results Snapshot
- Soda: 75 verified votes (94%)
- Pop: 4 verified votes (5%)
- Coke: 1 verified votes (1.3%)
- Tonic: 0 verified votes (0%)
- Other / local term: 0 verified votes (0%)
County Results in California
These counties currently have the most verified votes in California.
- Los Angeles County County: 49 verified votes, Soda leads with 94%
- San Diego County County: 4 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- Contra Costa County County: 3 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- Orange County County: 3 verified votes, Soda leads with 67%
- Alameda County County: 2 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- Sacramento County County: 2 verified votes, Soda leads with 50%
- Santa Clara County County: 2 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- Butte County County: 1 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- Calaveras County County: 1 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
- El Dorado County County: 1 verified votes, Soda leads with 100%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for soda vs pop vs Coke vs tonic map.
- soda vs pop map
- soda vs Coke
- pop vs Coke
- tonic in New England
- regional names for soda
Worth Knowing
Soft drink became a useful label partly because it separated nonalcoholic drinks from hard alcoholic drinks; the local words people use for the same drink stayed much messier.
How The Map Works
Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.
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