Survey o' the day
From, just for a change, France. It concerns the Tour de France.
Do you follow the Tour de France?
27% of our Gallic chums say yes, but those lovely people at IFOP give a full demographic breakdown, and that is where it gets interesting:
38% of chaps say yes, compared to 17% of women. Interest peaks with the 50-64 age cohort, folk in rural areas are more interested (33%) than Parisians (20%) or other urbanites (25%). Maybe they should finish it somewhere other than La Ville-Lumière, as geographichally North Easterners are the most interested. Lille, maybe?
The political split is my favourite bit, with Greens (18%) the least interested. One would think that they would approve of people getting around by pedal power, but apparently not. Frontistes are similarly underimpressed at 19%, presumably because a Frenchman is unlikely to win. Gaullists and Socialists mirror the general population at 32%, the Extreme Left is pretty keen too (30%), but Liberals are the most likely to be glued to the TV, or who knows, actually going outside if it comes through their locale - 36%.
Lance Armstrong's return appears to be controversial, given allegations of his having used banned drugs in the past. Liberals are the most upset at 40%, and the Extreme Left the least, at 22%. Said Trots and Tankies are the most likely to think he might win (74%), and Gaullists the least (44%).
As a footnote, I doubt whether there is any sporting event that makes its entrants toil quite so hard and quite so long relative to the final reward.
Do you follow the Tour de France?
27% of our Gallic chums say yes, but those lovely people at IFOP give a full demographic breakdown, and that is where it gets interesting:
38% of chaps say yes, compared to 17% of women. Interest peaks with the 50-64 age cohort, folk in rural areas are more interested (33%) than Parisians (20%) or other urbanites (25%). Maybe they should finish it somewhere other than La Ville-Lumière, as geographichally North Easterners are the most interested. Lille, maybe?
The political split is my favourite bit, with Greens (18%) the least interested. One would think that they would approve of people getting around by pedal power, but apparently not. Frontistes are similarly underimpressed at 19%, presumably because a Frenchman is unlikely to win. Gaullists and Socialists mirror the general population at 32%, the Extreme Left is pretty keen too (30%), but Liberals are the most likely to be glued to the TV, or who knows, actually going outside if it comes through their locale - 36%.
Lance Armstrong's return appears to be controversial, given allegations of his having used banned drugs in the past. Liberals are the most upset at 40%, and the Extreme Left the least, at 22%. Said Trots and Tankies are the most likely to think he might win (74%), and Gaullists the least (44%).
As a footnote, I doubt whether there is any sporting event that makes its entrants toil quite so hard and quite so long relative to the final reward.
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