political divides of sports team fans

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Fans of the NFL, MLB, NHL, College Basketball, and College Football (notably not the NBA) tend to be majority-conservative, even in more liberal areas.  There is something about sports that attracts conservatives (or, it could be in part the demographics that watch sports).

The most liberal fanbases would be regional teams in very blue areas- think the Seattle Mariners, for example (maybe the Seahawks as well until they recently got good and got a bandwagon following).  The NBA is already liberal (largely due to race demographics of the fans), so the Portland Trailblazers are probably the most liberal fanbase in the Big Four sports.  Most conservative options (excluding college sports) would probably be the teams in the DFW area (including the Cowboys, even though they are national in following), the Titans, Predators, STL Cardinals, Jaguars, and Braves.  The Saints and Falcons might just be too urban.  If it weren't for the NBA being much more liberal than the rest, I would be tempted to say the Thunder, likely the most conservative NBA fanbase.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I think that there might be enough of a divide between sports fans and non-sports fans in general that the GOP would win an election with the electorate only being the fans for any US pro sports team (except maybe ones with a massive minority following).

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I think that there might be enough of a divide between sports fans and non-sports fans in general that the GOP would win an election with the electorate only being the fans for any US pro sports team (except maybe ones with a massive minority following).

Definitely not true in white liberal areas like the PNW and New England either.

Maybe the PNW, but it seems to me like the urban, white, hipster, culturally liberal type would never watch sports.  I'd imagine that the fanbases of the Boston teams (except maybe the Celtics) are closer than you would think.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Yankees fans: old italian guys and latino immigrants (Lean D)
Mets fans: Found on Long Island and Queens 'bridge and tunnel' crowd. Includes more jews and suburbanites (Tossup)

Jets fans: Primarily overlap with Mets fans, a lot of them are in Connecticut, probably lean towards the Queens and LI crowd in NY (Tossup)

Giants fans: More New Jersey types and older NY sports fans (since the Jets were founded in the 60s), probably a more traditional white working class group compared to more suburbanite jets fans (Tilt R)

Rangers fans: Manhattan urbanites and suburban kids from the Hudson Valley and Connecticut (Lean R)

Islander fans: Found obviously more on the Island and Queens (overlapping with Jets/Mets) (Tossup)

Devils fans: Mainly in New Jersey, had wider appeal when they were good in the city, but a more upper class mix of the NJ demo than giants fans (Tilt D)


I dont follow basketball so I cant judge the Knicks and Nets 

As a non-New Yorker, I would imagine that the Knicks would be far more conservative than the Nets due to geography, but both might be more liberal than any from the other three sports.