No facet of American life is immune from partisan divides at this level.
Is the NFL woke?
That’s one suggestion in new polling from the College of North Florida’s Public Opinion Analysis Lab (PORL) and Sport Affect Jax (SIJ), which exhibits Democrats usually tend to watch Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl than Republicans or independents.
Whereas 75% of Democrats will watch the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos face off, solely 65% of Democrats and 63% of unaligned voters plan to observe the sport.
“This yr’s Tremendous Bowl options two groups from blue cities in blue states, takes place in a blue metropolis in a blue state, and options two brazenly anti-Trump musical acts (Dangerous Bunny and Inexperienced Day). Many points of American tradition have change into politically-coded, and this yr the Tremendous Bowl seems to be coded blue,” commented incoming school director of UNF’s Public Opinion Analysis Lab, Dr. Sean Freeder.
Black voters are extra possible than voters of different ethnicities to observe, with 82% reporting they’re tuning in, in contrast with 70% of Hispanics and 68% of White voters.
And school graduates usually tend to watch than non-college graduates, 72% to 66%.
In the meantime, when the aforementioned Dangerous Bunny performs, these Republicans watching are extra possible than to not flip away … maybe to take a look at the musical stylings of Child Rock in the course of the Turning Level USA different halftime present.
Solely 40% of the GOP trustworthy say they received’t flip the channel, with 57% tuning out. Conversely, 89% of Democrats will watch the halftime leisure on the Tremendous Bowl. 77% of NPA voters will even maintain their consideration on the display screen.
823 registered Florida voters have been polled from Jan. 30 by means of Feb. 3, 2026, to get these outcomes.
