Majority of U.S. does not miss NBA
This interesting note just found its way into my email inbox. A national polling company, Poll Position, asked Americans if they miss the NBA.
And the survey says?
NO!
We’ll take the liberty of typing NO! in upper case letters and adding an exclamation mark, seeing as the result revealed that a whopping 76 percent of those asked do not miss NBA action during the lockout.
Only 12 percent said they do indeed miss the NBA, while 12 percent had no opinion. (Not sure if the 99 percent or the infamous 1 percent were polled for this survey.) The survey of 1,179 registered voters has a margin error of plus-minus 3 percent.
Here is the press release:
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Poll: Seventy-six Percent of Americans Do Not Miss the NBA
Atlanta, Ga. — November 7, 2011 — The National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season was scheduled to start November 1, but a labor dispute caused the postponement of all games until now. With one week gone, Poll Position wanted to know if Americans are missing the NBA. The clear answer is no!
In a national telephone survey, 76% of the people said they are not missing NBA games, 12% are, and 12% did not have an opinion.
The labor dispute is over four months old and comes down to a disagreement over revenue sharing between players and owners. Games have been cancelled until at least December 1. If an agreement is not reached by the end of the week more NBA games will likely be cancelled.
Young people, those aged 18-29, miss the NBA the most with 29% telling us they are missing the games, 53% said they are not and 18% had no opinion.
Those in the 30-44 year old age group miss the NBA the least with 83% saying they do not miss NBA basketball compared to 7% who do, 11% had no opinion.
There was a noticeable divide between African-Americans and whites. Among African-Americans, 26% said they are missing professional basketball, 57% are not and 17% offered no opinion. Whites countered with 83% saying they do not miss the NBA to only 8% who say they do, with 9% not having an opinion.
Among men, 72% did not miss the start of the regular NBA season while 15% did. Women differed just slightly with 80% saying they do not miss NBA basketball, compared to only 8% who do.
See a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation in crosstabs for this poll at http://media.pollposition.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/Poll-Position-Crosstabs-NBA-season-delayed.pdf.
Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,179 registered voters nationwide was conducted November 6, 2011 and has a margin of error of 3%.
What do you think? Do you miss NBA games? Vote in our online companion poll and comment at http://pollposition.com/2011/11/07/75-not-missing-nba/.
The online companion poll in which you can vote provides unscientific results, meaning it’s a tally of participating Poll Position users, not a nationally representative sampling.
Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation.
Learn more about Poll Position’s polling methodology at http://pollposition.com/2011/09/26/our-polling-methodology/.
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