I’m sure baseball is concerned about all those fans who are upset. They can’t really afford to lose any. But they have a responsibility to their players, the majority of their fans and the country to do the right thing. And they did:
In a Morning Consult poll conducted over the weekend, 39 percent of U.S. adults said they supported MLB’s decision to move the game, scheduled for July 13, out of Atlanta, while 28 percent opposed the move. MLB fans were more likely than the general public to back the league’s exodus from Atlanta, with 48 percent supporting the decision and 31 percent opposing it.
MLB fans supporting the decision at a slightly higher rate than the general public can likely be attributed to two factors. First, MLB fans are more likely than the general public to trust the league’s leadership and decision-making processes. Second, the MLB fans surveyed were roughly 3 percentage points more likely to identify as Democrats than members of the general population.
Self-identified “avid” MLB fans were even more likely than the broader fan population to support the league moving its events out of Atlanta, with 62 percent backing the league and 28 percent opposing it. These more diehard baseball fans were also more likely to identify as Democrats than the overall population of MLB fans, which also includes “casual” fans.
People of color were slightly more likely than white, non-Hispanic fans to support MLB’s stance, but a plurality of both groups supported the league.
Meanwhile, this is puzzling:
While respondents were more likely to back MLB’s decision than to condemn it, there was also slightly more support than opposition for the new Georgia law that provoked MLB to move its events.
In the April 2-4 survey, 42 percent of U.S. adults said they supported the law, which made numerous changes to how elections are administered, including a new photo ID requirement for voting absentee by mail. A slightly smaller share of respondents — 36 percent — said they opposed the law, which has been criticized as disproportionately limiting the ability of people of color to vote. Among all MLB fans, and specifically among avid fans, support for the law also marginally outweighed opposition.
There seems to be some confusion about all this …
By the way:
Update:
STFU, Fox News