Football is America’s Favorite Sport as Lead over Baseball Continues to Grow
Harris Interactive, January 25, 2012
For two months every year, sports fans have to make a decision — watch football or baseball on Sundays? Based on the numbers of Americans who say it’s their favorite sport, one would have to assume that football wins hands down. Over one-third of adults who follow at least one sport (36%) say professional football is their favorite sport while just 13% say baseball is their favorite. {snip}
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,237 adults surveyed online between December 5 and 12, 2011 by Harris Interactive.
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DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN FAVORITE SPORTS
“If you had to choose, which ONE of these sports would you say is your favorite?”
Base: All adults who follow more than one sport
| Sport |
All Adults |
Highest |
Lowest |
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|
% |
% |
% |
|||
| Pro football |
36 |
African Americans |
48 |
Post-grad |
28 |
|
Those aged 30-39 |
46 |
Born-again Christians |
30 |
||
|
Some college |
42 |
Those aged 65+ |
30 |
||
| Baseball |
13 |
Those aged 50-64 |
21 |
African Americans |
6 |
|
Hispanics |
19 |
Those aged 30-39 |
6 |
||
|
Easterners |
17 |
Households with children |
9 |
||
| College Football |
13 |
Post grads |
22 |
Easterners |
4 |
|
College graduates |
19 |
Income less than $35K |
8 |
||
|
Midwesterners |
18 |
Those aged 50-64 |
8 |
||
| Auto Racing |
8 |
Income $50K – $74.9K |
12 |
African Americans |
1 |
|
H.S. or Less |
12 |
Post grad |
1 |
||
|
Those aged 65+ |
12 |
Liberals |
4 |
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Methodology
This Harris Poll was conducted online within the United States between December 5 to 12, 2011 among 2,237 adults (aged 18 and over), 1,466 of whom say they follow at least one sport. Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
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