political views tied towards hobbies

[Beet]

In my personal experience, hockey fans tend Republican whereas baseball fans tend Democratic, although I can't really beat BRTD's logic.

Soccer definitely has the most liberal fanbase though. I watched some World Cup game at a bar and the crowd erupted in cheering when Bill Clinton came on for some reason.

What we really need though is some databases and regression tests, forget this speculation.

[Beet]

No, not a survey, a database. You know the kind where you build a relationship with a private sector marketing firm and then match this up with your voter files. You also need academic contacts. If anyone can do it, it's Nate Silver, but then how he would choose to present the results would be up to him. I might e-mail him although he probably doesn't respond to e-mails.