Poll: U.S. evenly torn on dress in online craze – blue or white?

By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Poll results released on Tuesday show the U.S. public is evenly torn in a debate that is rending the fabric of America – or at least fraying a few nerves: is that dress white or blue? The question has sparked rants on Twitter by celebrities like Taylor Swift (blue and black) and Kim Kardashian West (white and gold) and good old-fashioned breakfast table tirades from Pleasantville to Peoria. “Smoggy sky blue,” said Patty Craig, 59, a retired courtroom clerk from Riverside, California, who participated in the poll. “White,” said Julia Nowak, 35, of Minneapolis, a stay-at-home mom standing her ground in skinny jeans and bedroom slippers.