Tennis-track versus wrestling-track Democrats
Dividing Dems into “wine-track” and “beer-track” voters is one of the most annoying cliches of the past few election cycles, so I respectfully suggest we turn to this breakdown of sports fans’ political affiliations for replacement terminology. The relative popularity of professional wrestling, tennis, and basketball among Democrats roughly correlates to the party’s appeal to blue collar workers, white collar yuppies, and urban minorities.
Similarly, Republicans can be divided into “PGA-track” and “football-track” voters, which nicely captures the divide between country club donors and Sam’s Club activists.
Hat tip: Truehoop.
I know a lot of people who like both golf and football. But the divides on the Dem side seem pretty clear. Although it might just be easier to say “rich” and “poor.”Report
XBox 360 track, PS3 track, and Wii track.Report
And as always, we baseball-track voters have nowhere to go.Report
I was wondering where boxing fits into this theory.Report
What I would be interested in is how the boxing demographic has shifted as its popularity has declined. Back in the Iron Mike days, it was something that a lot of people kept track of. Afterwards, not so much. Who stopped watching? Who still does? My guess is that it’s become more Democratic, but that’s just a guess. I would also be interested to know how the fact that any and every boxing match worth watching being on PPV affected things.Report
Al least Alfred, Lord Tennis-track got it:
You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear;
To-morrow ‘ill be the happiest time of all the glad New-year;
Of all the glad New-year, mother, the maddest merriest day;
For it’s to be Opening Day, mother, it’s to be Opening Day.Report
I believe the correct term is rasslin’. Wrestling is what they do in the summer Olympics.Report
I’m going to have to agree with Sam M. Replacing “football track” with “NASCAR track”probably gives a better picture of the divide.Report
I would agree – I wouldn’t say wrestling. I would say NASCAR, though that might be a bit more geographically-isolated to the South.Report
The funny thing is I’d almost certainly be basketball track, though I’m scarcely an “urban minority”, unless that category includes Jews. Couldn’t care less about most of these sports, but I still follow my Heat.Report
Word. We basketball fans feel like an embattled minority.Report