The way you vote may reflect the way you eat. Liberals prefer thin-crust pizza, hard to pronounce pastas, such as gnocchi and fusilli, and a glass of wine with dinner, while conservatives enjoy deep-dish pizza, McDonald’s French fries and a can of coke with their meal.

A new study by Hunch.com – a site that makes recommendations based on preferences, ranging from which car you should drive to which vacation or college choice is best for you – suggests your political views say a lot about the food choices a person makes.

However, the web-based survey is not as scientific as truly objective polls because, among other limitations, it was not based on a representative sample of the population.

Hunch used 80 million answers to questions that it asked its 700,000 members, in order to predict particular demographics, personality and other characteristics based on their food choices. They then compared all that against the political views they associate themselves with. Overall, 43 percent of participants said they tended to support liberal politicians, 17 percent indicated they supported conservative politicians, and 23 percent said they were middle of the road. [Read: Conservatives Happier Than Liberals]

Some other findings from the survey include:

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