A slight majority of Americans say it’s never appropriate to kneel during the national anthem in protest according to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, a sign that player protests draw persistently passionate reactions as the National Football League adopts a new policy to discourage demonstrations. CONT. Scott Clement & […] Read more »
Poll Hub: Online Best Behavior
The 73rd annual conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) is underway in Denver, Colorado. In this episode of Poll Hub, special guest Randy Brown joined us from the conference to discuss the focus of his latest research. Brown, Vice President of Edison Research, explained how Edison’s […] Read more »
Supreme Court Decision on Sports Betting Aligns with Poll Findings
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the ban on sports betting is unconstitutional and leaving the decision in the hand’s of individual states, is in line with the Seton Hall Sports Poll’s findings on sports betting in America. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of New Jersey and, […] Read more »
Whites oppose — and blacks support — paying NCAA athletes, especially when they’re thinking about race
… Most Americans are skeptical about paying college athletes. But public opinion on this divides sharply by race. Most whites oppose “pay for play”; most African Americans support it. Why is opinion on this issue so polarized by race? Because a disproportionately large percentage of college basketball and football players […] Read more »
Attitudes Toward NFL Cheerleaders and Restrictive Team Policies
A huge majority of Americans disagree with the policies of a number of NFL teams who ban their cheerleaders from using social media for posts of a religious nature. And a similar majority opposes team policies on fraternizing with players. CONT. Seton Hall Sports Poll Read more »
‘Shut up and dribble’ attitude more common among Republicans
A majority of Republicans believe professional athletes should not speak out about politics and causes, with a sizable portion saying it is completely inappropriate for them to do so, according to a new national poll conducted for the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication. More than 40% of Republicans […] Read more »