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Sub vs Hoagie vs Hero vs Po' Boy Map
This map compares regional names for long deli sandwiches, including sub, hoagie, hero, po' boy, grinder, and other local terms.
Current result: the U.S. is leaning Sub on the Sub vs Hoagie vs Hero vs Po' Boy Map, with 43% of 628 verified votes.
Prompt: What do you call a long deli sandwich?
Answer options: Sub / Hoagie / Hero / Po' boy / Grinder / Other.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Aug 15, 2026, 2:07 AM EDT.
Live Results Snapshot
- Sub: 272 verified votes (43%)
- Hoagie: 75 verified votes (12%)
- Hero: 65 verified votes (10%)
- Po' boy: 61 verified votes (9.7%)
- Grinder: 132 verified votes (21%)
- Other: 23 verified votes (3.7%)
State Results
These states currently have the most verified votes on this map.
- Texas: 40 verified votes, Sub leads with 38%
- Ohio: 36 verified votes, Sub leads with 67%
- Georgia: 34 verified votes, Sub leads with 65%
- Tennessee: 30 verified votes, Sub leads with 70%
- Florida: 27 verified votes, Sub leads with 70%
- Connecticut: 24 verified votes, Grinder leads with 58%
- West Virginia: 24 verified votes, Sub leads with 79%
- Virginia: 20 verified votes, Grinder leads with 40%
- Indiana: 19 verified votes, Sub leads with 63%
- Illinois: 18 verified votes, Sub leads with 44%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for sub vs hoagie vs hero vs po' boy map.
- sub vs hoagie
- hoagie vs hero
- po' boy vs sub
- grinder sandwich map
Worth Knowing
The po' boy name is commonly tied to a 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike, when a restaurant fed striking workers sandwiches and called them poor boys.
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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