One thing most of you haven't taken into account is that sports fans tend to be male - who tend to be more Republican than the general population. Outside of basketball fans (who skew more African American than other sports fans), I think a majority of sports fans are probably Republican, less so for rich man sports like tennis and golf than for blue collar sports like NASCAR, football and hockey.
True sports nuts - those who go to games - are probably more white, male and Republican than casual sports fans.
True dat. Also with the steep cost of most sports tickets today, I'd say at least middle class, wealthier the more frequent one attends.
not really, even among whites those with lower incomes tend to be slightly but noticeably more Democratic. Of course, other factors are more important, mainly regional divisions and the urban/rural divide. NASCAR fans, being predominately white southern males, and largely rural and exurban even in areas outside the South, probably vote Republican at roughly the rate blacks vote Democratic. Golf fans are probably Republican in the South, Democratic in the Northeast and West Coast, and split elsewhere. Hockey fans, living as they do in predominately northern states, were probably traditionally labor union-type Democrats, though that may have changed somewhat in recent years.
