I wonder if anyone has ever made a study to see if there is a correlation between favourite sports teams and favourite political parties. This batty theory occurred to me the other day. Most people will choose a favourite football team long before they have a favourite political party. It's not out of the question that for some people, at some level, political thoughts in childhood are associated with positive feelings towards their team's colour.
So someone who decides to support Liverpool or Manchester United when a small child begins to see red as his colour. Does that make him more likely to be sympathetic to the Labour Party in adult life? Conversely, someone who supports Chelsea or Everton could be more likely to see blue things (and hence the Conservative Party) in a popular light.
I doubt there would be a strong correlation, but even if there was a small one, that could be enough to affect election results in constituencies with football clubs.
(It would also be bad news for the Liberal Democrats. Not so many football teams playing in yellow. Although one example would be Torquay United, and now that I think about it, there are a lot of LibDems in south Devon...)
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I wonder if anyone has ever made a study to see if there is a correlation between favourite sports teams and favourite political parties. This batty theory occurred to me the other day. Most people will choose a favourite football team long before they have a favourite political party. It's not out of the question that for some people, at some level, political thoughts in childhood are associated with positive feelings towards their team's colour.
So someone who decides to support Liverpool or Manchester United when a small child begins to see red as his colour. Does that make him more likely to be sympathetic to the Labour Party in adult life? Conversely, someone who supports Chelsea or Everton could be more likely to see blue things (and hence the Conservative Party) in a popular light.
I doubt there would be a strong correlation, but even if there was a small one, that could be enough to affect election results in constituencies with football clubs.
(It would also be bad news for the Liberal Democrats. Not so many football teams playing in yellow. Although one example would be Torquay United, and now that I think about it, there are a lot of LibDems in south Devon...)