Super Bowl 50 Loyalty State By State

[Cookie Lyon]

 

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When it comes to rooting for a Super Bowl 50 team, most people go by their gut rather than geography.

Do you feel compelled by Peyton Manning's likely swan song? Go with the Broncos.

Are you more into the dabbin' energy of Cam Newton? Go with the Panthers.

Still bitter that your team got eliminated? Watch the commercials.

Despite all that, you might be interested to see where the general public lies on the loyalty landscape. While there aren't too many scientific polls that determine exactly how much of the population roots for one team over another, social media provides us at least a broad picture.

 

 

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A lot more people list the Broncos as an "interest" on their Facebook page than list the Panthers. Nearly 8 million Americans mention the Broncos among their interests, while about 3.5 million mention the Panthers as an interest. This makes sense given that the Broncos have a much deeper history, which has allowed them to develop a sizeable fanbase over time. Another thing driving the Broncos fan surplus is that the Broncos are more familiar with deep postseason runs and will be appearing in their eighth Super Bowl, while the Panthers will be making just their second trip  to the championship game.

After categorizing the Facebook data by state we found that only two states, the Carolinas, clearly have more Panthers fans than Broncos fans. This wasn't terribly surprising given that Broncos fans make up about 70 percent of total Broncos and Panthers fans.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/163302350/super-bowl-50-rooting-interest-usa-map

[tondi]

Fug Tennessee.

[zacka77ack]

I have a hard time believing Washington state is pulling for the Panthers...

[Cookie Lyon]

FYI: The link has interactive maps with more info if you're interested.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, tondi said:

Fug Tennessee.

They have a legitimate reason.

[Ivan The Awesome]

lol Ten, Tex, AZ, LA, WS. lol all states we beat. Doesn't surprise me. Even NE. bahahahaha! Salty bishes!

[TheWiz]

14 minutes ago, zacka77ack said:

I have a hard time believing Washington state is pulling for the Panthers...

Panther fans hate Seattle fans waaaaaay more than the favor is returned. They just had little reason to respect the Panthers team until this year. But on the Huddle, they've really been consistently cool. 

Panthers are shutting down the east coast though....

 

[Scrumtrilescent]

For informatics, I'd use twitter sentiment classifiers more than Facebook for such a fluid concept.  

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

lol Ten, Tex, AZ, LA, WS. lol all states we beat. Doesn't surprise me. Even NE. bahahahaha! Salty bishes!

I'd guess Tennessee is more about Peyton than the Titans.

Likewise, I figure the Northeast is probably pulling against Peyton as much as they are for us. Except New York/New Jersey of course. They're probably still pissed over the Odell Beckham thing.

[GhostP.]

This just shows how many people are missing out by not watching or liking the Panthers this season .. Look at all them tight butts out there !!

[ACobra289]

46 minutes ago, Scrumtrilescent said:

For informatics, I'd use twitter sentiment classifiers more than Facebook for such a fluid concept.  

"Well, 'aight, check this out, dawg. First of all, you throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect. Watch your mouth and help me with the sale."  

:-)

[Prowling Cat]

The south is on lock. Literately.

[Cookie Lyon]

2 minutes ago, Prowling Cat said:

The south is on lock. Literately.

Kings of the South!

[Mr. Scot]

39 minutes ago, Prowling Cat said:

The south is on lock. Literately.

Minus Louisiana.

I can actually understand Texas not being big fans of us either.  We humiliated them with the whole country watching,