Where Sports Fan Bases Fit on the Political Spectrum

Mavric

Mavric

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I see this is from August so my apologies if it's been posted. I just ran across it today and thought it was interesting.


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Thanks Mav - this is cool. I'm going to have to study it a bit, at first blush I'm surprised that bull riding & rodeo are hovering somewhat near zero.

 
I'm surprised that Nascar and WWE are so far apart.....and that anyone admitted to being a WNBA fan.

But I guess this chart explains how Trump won the election. None with a democrat skew have high voter turnout. I mean look at the size of those balls right of the line.

Sorry, had to toss up a soft ball for the OOCQ
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I did a pro wrestling model once, and I remembered there being a lot of Hispanic fans so I looked it up.

46% of WWE fans are Black or Hispanic. The data I found was coincidentally from the same company as with the OP.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/04/22/In-Depth/~/media/BC4362F7D0374A958BB4EFF7C42B14C9.ashx

This would explain why it's more Democratic.

There are confounding variables all over the place here. I figured CFB would be Republican just because the SEC and other midwestern areas have big fan bases.

With golf I'm guessing it has to do with most of the fan base being caucasian and or old.

 
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