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Football, the Newest Partisan Divide

Football is still a secular religion in much of the country, but skeptics and dissenters are beginning to appear — with the dividing line parallel to what separates political partisans.  That’s according to David Leonhardt, former Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Times, now Editor of the paper's news and data project,  The Upshot .

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By Warren Olney • Nov 4, 2014 • 1 min read

Football is still a secular religion in much of the country, but skeptics and dissenters are beginning to appear — with the dividing line parallel to what separates political partisans. That’s according to David Leonhardt, former Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Times, now Editor of the paper's news and data project, The Upshot.

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