In the past few years, legal sports betting has exploded as an industry in certain states. Now, a new Ipsos poll finds that the industry’s growth is on the back of a very small group of Americans. Fewer than one in ten report placing official bets in the past year. […] Read more »
Smoking weed is now more popular than smoking tobacco
“It’s the economy, stupid,” Democratic operative James Carville once famously noted. Usually, that assertion holds when it comes to elections. But as we have seen from the changing political tides since Roe v. Wade was overturned, sometimes the economy takes a back seat to social issues. Abortion, though, won’t be […] Read more »
Nearly half of Washingtonians don’t like Commanders name
Washington hasn’t warmed up to the Commanders just yet. According to a citywide Washington Post poll, close to half of D.C. residents have a negative view of the team’s new name, with 32 percent disliking it and 17 percent saying they “hate” it. … As the Commanders kicked off a […] Read more »
The NFL is the rare thing that brings all Americans — Democrats and Republicans — together
Almost everything in our world today is divided along political lines. Whether it be something as important as a life saving vaccine or something as simple — and you would think would be non-partisan — as what TV programs people watch or jeans people wear, everything seems to be polarized […] Read more »
When it comes to coronavirus risks, Americans are divided over indoor sports
As temperatures drop in much of the United States, American sports enthusiasts are likely weighing the risks of playing indoors during the worst surge of the coronavirus pandemic so far. A majority of Americans – 58 percent – say that people should not participate in indoor team sports this winter, […] Read more »
Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Majority of Americans now support NFL players’ right to protest
The vast, sweeping changes now covering America have impacted how the public views one of the most contentious issues sports has seen in decades: the right of athletes to protest. A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll has found that a significantly larger number of Americans are now fine with NFL sideline […] Read more »