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Rasmussen 2012 Major League Baseball Poll
Which team is most likely to win the World Series this year?
- New York Yankees 22% [20%] (17%)
- Washington Nationals 17% [5%]
- Texas Rangers 14% [24%] (8%)
- Cincinnati Reds 9%
- San Francisco Giants 8% [5%] (6%)
- Detroit Tigers 8%
Note: No other contending teams (Atlanta Braves, Baltimore
Orioles, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals) were picked by more than five percent (5%) of fans.
Regardless of who you think will win, which team do you want to win the World Series this year?
- Texas Rangers 17% [13%]
- Washington Nationals 17% [5%]
- New York Yankees 16% [14%] (16%)
- San Francisco Giants 10% [7%] (8%)
Major League Baseball has decided to expand the playoffs this season to include an additional wild card team in each league. Do you favor or oppose expanding the playoffs to include an additional wild card team in each league?
National survey of 445 baseball fans was conducted October 4, 2012. The margin of error is
+/- 5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 5, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 26, 2012 are in parentheses.
Inside the numbers:
Perhaps not surprisingly given their success, Yankee fans (90%) are the most confident their team will win the World Series. Seventy-six percent (76%) of Tigers fans believe their team will emerge victorious for the first time since 1984. A majority of Giants fans (63%) think their team will win their second World Series in two years.
Rasmussen 2012 Major League Baseball Poll
Which team is most likely to win the World Series this year?
- New York Yankees 17%
- Boston Red Sox 12%
- Philadelphia Phillies 9%
- Detroit Tigers 9%
- Texas Rangers 8%
- Los Angeles Angels 7%
- San Francisco Giants 6%
Note: All other teams mentioned in the survey (St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, and Cincinnati Reds) fell below five percent (5%).
Regardless of who you think will win, which team do you want to win the World Series this year?
- New York Yankees 16%
- Boston Red Sox 14%
- Philadelphia Phillies 8%
- San Francisco Giants 8%
- Los Angeles Angels 6%
- Detroit Tigers 6%
- Atlanta Braves 6%
- St. Louis Cardinals 6%
Note: Fifteen percent (15%) want the championship to go to some other team not mentioned in the survey.
Major League Baseball has decided to expand the playoffs this season to include an additional wild card team in each league. Do you favor or oppose expanding the playoffs to include an additional wild card team in each league?
- Favor 56%
- Oppose 33%
- Undecided 11%
Is the Major League Baseball season too long?
National survey of 800 adults who watch professional baseball at least once a week was conducted March 26, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.
Inside the numbers:
Women are more likely than men to both predict and root for the Yankees to win the World Series. Men are more divided between New York and Boston.
Yankee fans remain the cockiest group, with 83% who believe their team will win another championship. Despite watching their team lose back-to-back World Series the past two seasons, 70% of Ranger fans think their team will win this year. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of those rooting for Detroit and 65% of Boston fans think their teams will be victorious.
Just 14% of baseball followers are participating in a fantasy baseball league this year. Still, that’s up from eight percent (8%) two years ago.
