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SBJ/October 22-28, 2012/Law and Politics
Reader Survey: Election Edition
Published October 22, 2012
We asked readers who responded to our eighth annual SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily Reader Survey to weigh in on a couple of political questions. Here are the results, gathered online Oct. 8-17. Turnkey Sports & Entertainment provided technical support for the survey.
If the elections were held today, how would you vote?
| Barack Obama | 46.1% |
| Mitt Romney | 38.9% |
| Not sure | 10.4% |
| Would not vote | 2.6% |
| Another candidate | 2.1% |
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| Obama, facing off with Romney in the Oct. 16
debate, got the upper hand in our survey. |
What issue in the sports industry should the newly elected Congress most concern itself with in 2013?
| None — Congress should not look to engage in the sports industry | 61.9% |
| Concussions | 18.3% |
| Increasing TV rights fees and impact on consumers | 9.1% |
| Performance-enhancing drug use | 6.8% |
| College football playoff | 1.7% |
| Other | 2.2% |
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| A strong majority of respondents prefers that
Congress stay out of sports. |
