OneSTDV's post in support of the idea of hunting led me to wonder about the political orientation of hunters. It has red-state written all over it, of course--NRA membership, male bonding, virility, self-reliance--so it comes as little surprise that hunters, as a group, lean conservative. But as the tagline captures this blog's raison d'etre, this must be quantified!
The following table breaks political orientation down among hunters (or families with hunters in them--those included in the "hunter" column are either themselves hunters or have spouses who hunt, constituting about 18% of the population) and the deli meat majority. For contemporary relevance, all data are from 2000 onward:
The hunting gap is actually narrower than I expected it to be.
GSS variables used: YEAR(2000-2010), HUNT(1-3)(4), POLVIEWS(1-3)(4)(5-7)
The following table breaks political orientation down among hunters (or families with hunters in them--those included in the "hunter" column are either themselves hunters or have spouses who hunt, constituting about 18% of the population) and the deli meat majority. For contemporary relevance, all data are from 2000 onward:
| Orientation | Hunters | The rest |
| Liberal | 17.1% | 28.3% |
| Moderate | 39.2% | 39.2% |
| Conservative | 43.7% | 32.4% |
The hunting gap is actually narrower than I expected it to be.
GSS variables used: YEAR(2000-2010), HUNT(1-3)(4), POLVIEWS(1-3)(4)(5-7)
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