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Congressional Republicans twice as likely to have played college sports

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 5, 2021

Both parties may be united in watching tonight's March Madness men's college basketball final. But when it comes to actually playing college sports, congressional Democrats have nothing on Republican members.

At least 10 percent of Republicans serving in Congress played on a college team, according to LegiStorm data. Only 5 percent of Democrats played college sports. 

Football was the sport of choice for both parties (think Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a Stanford University linebacker, and NFL alumni Reps. Colin Allred (D-Texas) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio)). Football is followed by basketball for Democrats and baseball and hockey for Republicans.