MU BB Fans ..elites, skew Democratic

[mu_hilltopper]

I'm gonna guess that, while there's a chunk of MU Fans in Milwaukee County .. the majority is, as you say, alums+parents and while a fraction live in heavily Dem Milwaukee (city) .. then a good chunk live in the suburbs .. I would assume that Southestern Wisconsin MU alums are pretty well spread in the 5-7 county area.    The suburbs trend from a few %age points Republican (or even) to heavily Republican.   

Add in the religious/pro-life skew of Catholics/MU grads ..  I still scratch my head that MU skews Democratic.

[Coleman]

I'm gonna guess that, while there's a chunk of MU Fans in Milwaukee County .. the majority is, as you say, alums+parents and while a fraction live in heavily Dem Milwaukee (city) .. then a good chunk live in the suburbs .. I would assume that Southestern Wisconsin MU alums are pretty well spread in the 5-7 county area.    The suburbs trend from a few %age points Republican (or even) to heavily Republican.  

Add in the religious/pro-life skew of Catholics/MU grads ..  I still scratch my head that MU skews Democratic.

There's certainly MU fans in suburban counties. My point is that I think the MU to UW ratio is probably higher in Milwaukee County than any of those other counties. But that's just my best guess.


Interesting visual regardless.

[Coleman]

Also, what does the size of the dot represent? Fans? TV viewers?

[mu_hilltopper]

Also, what does the size of the dot represent? Fans? TV viewers?

I think it represents awesomeness.

No, wait, here it is:

The size of the bubbles represents relative audience size. The further left the bubble, the more Democratic the audience; the further right, the more Republican (based on how people report their partisan leanings to Scarborough). Bubbles that are higher on the chart reflect an audience that is more active and engaged in politics (again, as measured by survey answers) and bubbles that are lower reflect a less engaged audience.

[Coleman]

I think it represents awesomeness.

No, wait, here it is:

The size of the bubbles represents relative audience size. The further left the bubble, the more Democratic the audience; the further right, the more Republican (based on how people report their partisan leanings to Scarborough). Bubbles that are higher on the chart reflect an audience that is more active and engaged in politics (again, as measured by survey answers) and bubbles that are lower reflect a less engaged audience.

Then the other interesting thing that no one has commented on is that our bubble (audience) is almost exactly the same size as the UW basketball bubble, and about the same (or even a little bigger) than the Milwaukee Bucks. That's pretty surprising to me.

[wyzgy]

"the more educated a person is, the more likely to vote democrat"  ????  now that is a spicy a  meatball.  tell that to a group of nascar dudes souped up on some bud at 10:00 AM and you'll probably fit right in with them and the group of NHL players before masks and helmits

[MUfan12]

Add in the religious/pro-life skew of Catholics/MU grads ..  I still scratch my head that MU skews Democratic.

Don't scratch too hard. We're talking about a Jesuit school. They're as left as they get.

[mu_hilltopper]

Don't scratch too hard. We're talking about a Jesuit school. They're as left as they get.

And that may be so, relative to the (tiny fraction) of Jesuits that are actually in charge / teaching at Marquette.

Hmm .. never mind.  Googling .. the 2006 and 2008 national elections, Catholics went for Democrats 55 and 53% of the time.  So, no surprise I guess.

[wyzgy]

And that may be so, relative to the (tiny fraction) of Jesuits that are actually in charge / teaching at Marquette.

Hmm .. never mind.  Googling .. the 2006 and 2008 national elections, Catholics went for Democrats 55 and 53% of the time.  So, no surprise I guess.

i believe you've got to dig a little deaper than that as the 06/08 elections were more about anti-bush and change change change..  during the regan-carter election, everyone knew we were in deep sheet and voted conservative.  regan took 49 of 50 states

[Coleman]

i believe you've got to dig a little deaper than that as the 06/08 elections were more about anti-bush and change change change..  during the regan-carter election, everyone knew we were in deep sheet and voted conservative.  regan took 49 of 50 states

Right, but we're talking about the way Catholics vote Dem/Repub vote now, as to why that might lend clues as to why MU audiences lean left. Everyone knows Reagan got a lot of Dems to vote for him (hence the term "Reagan Democrats"), most of those people didn't stay with the party though, and ended up voting for Clinton 8 years later.

[ChicosBailBonds]

And that may be so, relative to the (tiny fraction) of Jesuits that are actually in charge / teaching at Marquette.

Hmm .. never mind.  Googling .. the 2006 and 2008 national elections, Catholics went for Democrats 55 and 53% of the time.  So, no surprise I guess.

In 2010 they went for the GOP 54%

No surprise, I guess.  They were disillusioned like just about everyone else.

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/11/03/for-democrats-u-s-catholic-vote-was-the-one-that-got-away/

[Ari Gold]

i believe you've got to dig a little deaper than that as the 06/08 elections were more about anti-bush and change change change..  during the regan-carter election, everyone knew we were in deep sheet and voted conservative.  regan took 49 of 50 states

Reagan only took 50 1/2% of the vote. There was a 3rd party candidate that got like 6m votes (6 1/2%). Interesting fact - Andersons running mate was WI Gov Lucey

Also interesting side note, The Socialist Party of USA nominated Sister Diane Drufenbrock for Vice President a graduate of Marquette -MSCS Alumni.