HPF Bob
10-11-2011, 04:37 PM
According to Investors.com (formerly Investors Business Daily), the Houston Texans were the most Republican-leaning team in the NFL, based on campaign contributions by owners, employees, players and spouses.
This column (http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/587541/201110111058/Which-NFL-teams-support-Republicans-and-which-are-just-dumb-.htm) claims:
The top Republican-leaning teams are the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals.
The Texans' owner, executives, players and spouses gave $293,000 to politicians since early 2009, 98% of it to Republicans. The Chargers gave $172,000, 79% to the GOP. The Jets $148,000, 80% to Republicans and the Cardinals donated almost $120,000, 97% to Republicans.
The top Democratic-leaning NFL teams are the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.
Our former HPF.com resident whackjob was fond of calling the Texans and their fans "Bushnecks" and here's a piece of confirming evidence.
In fairness, though, players are transitory and political contributions may reflect certain local races and not particularly an ideological position. Plus, it doesn't break this down to whether the money is coming from the owners, players or the front office.
This may say less about a team as it does which owners are more politically active and the extent they may have contributed to local or statewide races.
This column (http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/587541/201110111058/Which-NFL-teams-support-Republicans-and-which-are-just-dumb-.htm) claims:
The top Republican-leaning teams are the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals.
The Texans' owner, executives, players and spouses gave $293,000 to politicians since early 2009, 98% of it to Republicans. The Chargers gave $172,000, 79% to the GOP. The Jets $148,000, 80% to Republicans and the Cardinals donated almost $120,000, 97% to Republicans.
The top Democratic-leaning NFL teams are the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.
Our former HPF.com resident whackjob was fond of calling the Texans and their fans "Bushnecks" and here's a piece of confirming evidence.
In fairness, though, players are transitory and political contributions may reflect certain local races and not particularly an ideological position. Plus, it doesn't break this down to whether the money is coming from the owners, players or the front office.
This may say less about a team as it does which owners are more politically active and the extent they may have contributed to local or statewide races.