You probably didn't realize it (seeing as how I'm reading into this for comedic effect), but in more generic terms, ESPN has just asked you, "are you on the side of the employer or the employees?" If you're a fan of the Captains of Industry, you vote for the owners; if you're a champion of the working man, you vote for the players or--since the players just rejected a deal and you're kinda mad at them for depriving you of basketball but not mad enough to side with those parasitic billionaires--the 50-50 chop.
The map, which is pictured below and likely has already caught your eye with its vibrant colors and distracted you from reading these paragraphs of text, shows a fairly even divide between owners and 50-50 loyalty. (Again, I'm assuming--sort of unfairly--that the 50-50 option is a pro-player stance.) Look at the individual states. The classic GOP strongholds (Texas, Utah, the Deep South) are pro-owner, whereas the traditionally Democratic states (California, Illinois, the Northeast) stand with the players. In fact, this map comes pretty close to mirroring the 2008 electoral college results, except for the obnoxious fact that ESPN inverted the colors.
Ohio, however, has failed to cooperate. Obama captured the state in 2008, so we'd expect it to be pro-union, pro-employee, etc, but it's aligned with the owners! Clearly, we can fairly extrapolate from this sports poll that Obama has already lost Ohio and, as Ohio goes, so goes the nation, or something. Long story short: the real election for our nation's next leader comes in the GOP primary. The general election has already been decided. You heard it here first.
Splendid analysis! This just goes to show what I've always believed: that my vote doesn't count.
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