President Obama leads with military and NASCAR fans?!

[babylonsister]

From here:
https://www.facebook.com/TheJeffersonPapers/posts/316143178484674?ref=notif&notif_t=feed_comment_reply

Here's how much people loathe Mitt Romney: Obama leads with voters who are or who have a family member in the military, 54%-39% and also leads with NASCAR fans, 48%-41%. Bet you didn't those stats coming!

But stats from here, and I'm clueless with stats:

http://www.jzanalytics.com/DATA/Crosstabs_Voters_2way_and_5way_horserace_092112

[WCGreen]

1. NASCAR has done a great job of expanding their base out of the deep south....

I have lot of Friends who are democrat that love NASCAR. Me, I had my fill of souped up cars in my youth. With only three networks to entertain, it was great fun to hang out with my buddies in garages tinkering around with cars.

[babylonsister]

2. I honestly didn't know that; I see so many down here in the south (GA), didn't

know they had expanded so much. Good to know!

[WCGreen]

10. When I was in Nashville a couple of years ago...

i was trying to pick-up a ball game so I could hear the scores about Cleveland. I swear to god, they were broadcasting NASCAR on the radio. Now that seemed crazy too me.

But now, there a lot of motor heads who love the NASCAR. I don't get the it but hey, I suppose they don't understand a fifty-four year old man still buying comic books.

[bluestateguy]

3. Probably a small sub-sample size

Making the margin of error ridiculously high; so high as to be unworthy of reporting.

I could buy that he leads among military families, but NASCAR fans? Ain't no way.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. He leads with small businesses, too, but the Corporate Media wants us to believe that it's TIED!!

[kestrel91316]

5. My cousin and her Marine Corps husband are Obama supporters.

They are college educated. They ain't stupid.

[skeewee08]

6. Didn't Brad Daughtery interview President Obama

@ the white house a couple of years ago???

[tarheelsunc]

7. Now, if this was a survey of NASCAR fans from NC...

I don't imagine the result would be anything like this. But there are only really 3 drivers left from the South in NASCAR full-time and the fanbase has shifted accordingly to an extent.

[Indpndnt]

8. Oh, yeah, practically all NASCAR fans are from Rhode Island now.

You're hilarious! As if southern support for NASCAR dried up when drivers came out of other states! Enjoy your stay!

[tarheelsunc]

9. I didn't say the demographics totally shifted

but it's not a sport that's appeal is limited to the south anymore. People in the south have pretty similar support for NASCAR (though it has weakened a bit due to poor administration), but support from outside the traditional viewing area kind of cancels the southerners out to an extent. This poll is still impressive, just not as much as it would have been in 1985.

[Lugnut]

11. NASCAR fans are everywhere.

Most of the drivers hail from locations other than the South. NASCAR tracks with sanctioned races are everywhere from coast to coast. Catch up before you embarrass yourself.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. I live in Utah and we have A LOT of NASCAR fans...

I don't get it. The sport bores me, but I see their stickers all over the place ... especially that 3 for Dale Earnhardt.

[Indpndnt]

13. Seriously?

My point was that NASCAR fans are everywhere, not just in blue states like Rhode Island. The poll of NASCAR fans is not skewed by blue state participation, it is everywhere. Southern fans still exist in great numbers and did not bail simply because drivers come from elsewhere, too. Get it? Maybe you should try to understand before attempting to school other people.