Citizen James
James42
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« on: July 12, 2009, 12:48:29 AM » |
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I would think that none of the sports has quite as strong a lean as some of the posters here put. Assuming that the majority of sports fans are male, that gives you a slight conservative lean right there.
My understanding is that baseball players (and possibly fans as well) tend to lean right politically. Basketball, having a sizable number of African-American fans probably leans slightly left perhaps even as far as 60-40, though I'm really just guessing.
I would think that football probably cuts across party lines, though the primarily male demographic might give it a slight conservative edge.
I suspect, as others have mentioned, that hockey leans slightly left simply because of the regional demographics of many of the big teams.
I would guess that soccer (the other football) tends liberal because it is seen as an international sport.
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