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[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Who are you rooting for 49ers or Ravens

The 49ers(red) have 52% of the vote but the Ravens have 278 electoral votes. I take this as a sign that the south really doesn't like San Francisco. Not the team. The city.

We ain't gun' support the San Francisco fag agender!

[justfollowingtheelections]

Do they have any maps that are not about football?

[Thomas D]

Do they have any maps that are not about football?

If you click the link in the OP, most of the questions are about the NBA.

[Sbane]

Who are you rooting for 49ers or Ravens

The 49ers(red) have 52% of the vote but the Ravens have 278 electoral votes. I take this as a sign that the south really doesn't like San Francisco. Not the team. The city.

We ain't gun' support the San Francisco fag agender!

Did you guys even look at the numbers for each state? Wisconsin, Michigan and Washington all support the Ravens by about 60% or more. I'm a little confused by Michigan. It's only 51-49 Ravens here in Tennessee. More near 60% in Alabama though, but Mississippi is only 53%. I think the fact that the 49ers are winning California by 77% is why they are winning the popular vote but losing the electoral vote. Other big states like Texas and New York are only supporting the Ravens by small margins. Florida is up at 56% for some reason. Also 60%+ support for the 49ers in Ohio? Why?

[Thomas D]

Ohio +60 is because of the Browns leaving back in 1995.

[Хahar 🤔]

Of course Kern County is made of Cowboys fans.

[BaldEagle1991]

This is interesting.  Maps of NFL fandom generated by Facebook mapping which teams got the most "likes" in every county in the USA:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/nfl-fans-on-facebook/10151298370823859



And most common friends:

Wow. The Houston Texans are like the LA Clippers of the NFL when it comes to fanbases.

The 49ers(red) have 52% of the vote but the Ravens have 278 electoral votes. I take this as a sign that the south really doesn't like San Francisco. Not the team. The city.

A lot of people in Houston Texas are rooting for the Ravens, because they beat the Patriots which beat the Texans. If the Pats were in the SB Texas would be a grey state on that map.

[traininthedistance]

Wow. The Houston Texans are like the LA Clippers of the NFL when it comes to fanbases.

Hey, at least they have Harris County and the Houston metro, which isn't that bad when you consider they're only ten years old and Dallas has such a national following. 

The real LA Clippers of the NFL are, of course, the Jets.

[Хahar 🤔]

The border between the Giants and Bills is reminiscent of the 2010 gubernatorial election.

[traininthedistance]

The border between the Giants and Bills is reminiscent of the 2010 gubernatorial election.

I'm actually a little surprised that Syracuse and Ithaca are Giants country.  Albany makes sense, since they have training camp stuff up there and Albany is closer to NYC, but once you get into Syracuse I'd have thought that Buffalo would be trying to increase their reach into more of Upstate beyond just Buffalo and Rochester.  Western NY is a pretty small area to build an NFL fanbase on.

Of course, success breeds followers, and one of these teams has had a much better past 15 years.  Maybe if the Bills were really good and the Giants weren't, that would push the line east.  Or maybe it wouldn't- I know that the Cubs and Rangers have many, many more followers despite the White Sox and Devils having more success as of late.

[Hatman 🍁]

There was a poll in the paper a few months ago about "Canada's favourite" NFL team, and I was surprised that it wasn't the Bills. I think it may have been the Packers or something.

[Mr. Morden]

I'm actually a little surprised that Syracuse and Ithaca are Giants country. 

Ithaca is filled with college students from the NYC metro area.

[traininthedistance]

I'm actually a little surprised that Syracuse and Ithaca are Giants country. 

Ithaca is filled with college students from the NYC metro area.

Mm, true.  I guess Syracuse University might have a similar effect, though it ought to be diluted by virtue of Syracuse being significantly larger.

[DemPGH]

The map on who states are supposedly pulling for is interesting. In western PA, I would guess that the 49ers are seen as the lesser of two evils. People don't want them to tie the Steelers with six rings, but the Ravens are hated like the Browns used to be. Now the Browns are the lovable losers. In fact, after a bitter loss to the Ravens it's not unusual to hear a die-hard Steeler fan say over his 14th beer something like, "I miss the old Browns. God, I hate the ------ Ravens!"

If it's to be taken as reasonably realistic, there's no love in WA for the Niners. Seattle / SF might become an interesting rivalry - would be kind of cool to see a big west coast rivalry spring up, especially a divisional one. Will make that 4:15 p.m. slot a little more interesting!

[BaldEagle1991]

I think another big factor into why the South is rooting for Baltimore is because of the Atlanta Falcons losing to the 49ers.

[dead0man]

Neat - surprised there aren't more KC fans in Nebraska.

They sure shove the Chiefs down our throats.  Even when there are important AFC games, we still get meaningless Chiefs games in week 16.  It's quite frustrating.

But I rarely see Chiefs gear.  You see the teams you always see, Cowgirls, Fudgepackers, Stillers, Cheatriots.

[traininthedistance]

Neat - surprised there aren't more KC fans in Nebraska.

They sure shove the Chiefs down our throats.  Even when there are important AFC games, we still get meaningless Chiefs games in week 16.  It's quite frustrating.

But I rarely see Chiefs gear.  You see the teams you always see, Cowgirls, Fudgepackers, Stillers, Cheatriots.

I would imagine the most popular football team in Nebaska is the Huskers.

Also, the full fan friends chart is now here:

http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2013/02/just-in-time-for-super-bowl-who-should.html

Twenty-two teams have the Jaguars as dead last.  Twenty-two!

[dead0man]

I would imagine the most popular football team in Nebaska is the Huskers.

No doubt about that.

[7,052,770]

Really surprised Mississippi isn't rooting for the 49ers tomorrow because of Patrick Willis and Anthony Dixon

[BaldEagle1991]

Really surprised Mississippi isn't rooting for the 49ers tomorrow because of Patrick Willis and Anthony Dixon

There's a slight (but not much) number of Falcons fans there. Most Falcons fans are going for the Ravens for revenge against the 49ers, which beat them.

[Napoleon]

NFL teams, map based on population.

[BaldEagle1991]

NFL teams, map based on population.

According to this map there needs to be a team in Utah.

[Sbane]

First there needs to be a team in LA.

[BaldEagle1991]

First there needs to be a team in LA.

That's true. But so far Goddell is very reluctant to do so, in addiction to the current LA politics that doesn't give a damn about football.

Very likely under Goddell's leadership a medium sized city like San Antonio, Portland, and Salt Lake City are more likely going to have a team before LA.

[Хahar 🤔]

An NFL team in Utah isn't feasible. There's a reason the Utah Jazz don't play home games on Sundays.