I'm not really sure your analogy helps; in either case, there are people who would agree that it matters, and people who would be baffled that anyone could get wrought up over it.
What makes the example unhelpful? Coca Cola and associated brands are probably one of, if not the most internationally prolific brands of consumer product in the world. I don’t even drink much soda now and even I remember what they tasted like years ago, or at least the fact that they taste wildly different.
Replace Coke and Sprite with Trump and Biden. Now we’re talking