Some 58 per cent of readers said they planned to watch at least some events at the Paris Olympics, a recent online poll showed.
Women and older readers were more likely to watch:
(It's hard to tell if this second graph reflects interest levels, or simply retired people having more free time.)
There may be a relation to income, if we ignore the highest income bracket:
There seems to be a strong relationship to political views, with Liberal and NDP voters more likely to pay attention to the Olympics, and Conservative and PPC voters least likely:
The pattern carries over to views on gun control and the Emergencies Act:
Not surprisingly, given the rooting-for-the-national-team side of the Olympics, interest correlates with patriotism:
It correlates with a positive experience of phys.ed class:
And with a poll we ran back in the winter about the NHL:
It doesn't correlate, however, with views on hockey violence:
Olympic fans are more likely to be non-smokers, and not have tattoos:
But are equally likely to regularly consume alcohol, or not:
Equally likely to favour or oppose extending drug legalization:
And somewhat more likely to use recreational cannabis:
And they are somewhat more likely be cat people than dog people:
