Which team has greater support in Illinois: Cardinals or White Sox?

SHARE Which team has greater support in Illinois: Cardinals or White Sox?
AX238_5436_9_999x633.jpg

Fans take photos of former Chicago White Sox player Paul Konerko during a ceremony honoring the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Series Champion Chicago White Sox team before a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago. | AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Public Policy Polling’s latest Illinois poll reveals some interesting numbers about baseball fans in the Land of Lincoln.

Not surprisingly, 40 percent of Illinois residents identified as Cubs fans, which far exceeded any other baseball team. What was more interesting was how narrow the gap was between White Sox and Cardinals fans.

Twenty-two percent of respondents identified as White Sox fans, while just 19 percent identified as Cardinals fans.

It’s a somewhat surprising result, given how many Cardinals fans populate the southern half of the state and how much more successful they’ve been.

The Cards have won two championships, three pennants, eight division titles and made the playoffs 10 times since 2001. The Sox, meanwhile, have one World Series title, one pennant, two division titles and two playoff appearances during that same span.

The Yankees were the next most popular team in Illinois with three percent of residents identifying as fans. The Braves and Red Sox had two percent each, and the Tigers and Brewers had one percent each. Eleven percent of respondents claimed another team or no team.

The Latest
The man was found unresponsive in an alley in the 10700 block of South Lowe Avenue, police said.
The man suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
Another federal judge in Chicago who also has dismissed gun cases based on the same Supreme Court ruling says the high court’s decision in what’s known as the Bruen case will “inevitably lead to more gun violence, more dead citizens and more devastated communities.”
Women make up just 10% of those in careers such as green infrastructure and clean and renewable energy, a leader from Openlands writes. Apprenticeships and other training opportunities are some of the ways to get more women into this growing job sector.
Chatterbox doesn’t seem aware that it’s courteous to ask questions, seek others’ opinions.