Political Pollster surveys NC residents on Duke-Carolina

[VaDukie]

As a PoliSci grad I found this fascinating.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/02/annual-carolinaduke-poll.html

Crosstab goodies:

At 41%, a plurality of NC voters say they have no opinion on the rivalry. 37% pick UNC and 22% pick Duke. I suppose a combination of State & Wake fans not wanting to pick the lesser of two evils (in their mind) and new residents who haven't picked a side yet.

There was no "bounce" in Duke's statewide popularity after winning the National Championship

K is more popular and more well known than Roy

Self-described "hardcore" basketball fans are most likely to also call themselves liberals

UNC fans give higher favorable numbers to K than Duke fans do to Roy

More women than men describe themselves as hardcore fans

African-Americans give K higher favorable numbers than Roy but are more likely to call themselves UNC fans

The 18-29 age group has the highest number of respondents who pick one side over the other in the rivalry - result of growing up in the ESPN generation?

If you had any doubt the Queen City was West Chapel Hill, Charlotte area codes are the most likely to be UNC fans

[Onlyduke]

I heard a poll within the past month that said only 2% of the country watches/cares about college basketball. The announcer commented how lopsided that was since March Madness is so huge.