Navy blue state: Connecticut favors Yankees over Red Sox

A geographic representation of baseball allegiances in Connecticut prepared by the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective, which used Facebook "likes" to track support of the Yankees and Red Sox in Connecticut.

A geographic representation of baseball allegiances in Connecticut prepared by the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective, which used Facebook “likes” to track support of the Yankees and Red Sox.

Connecticut lawmakers were prophetic when they picked “Yankee Doodle” as the state song.

The New York Yankees lead the archrival Boston Red Sox in fan allegiances in the Constitution State, 44 to 37 percent in a new Quinnipiac University public opinion poll.

The gap between the fan bases is the widest it has been since 2006, according to the Hamden-based public opinion barometer, which has been polling baseball fans in Connecticut for 13 years.

“The Captain may have retired, but the Yankees widen their dominance over the Red Sox with Connecticut baseball fans rallying to the Yankees by the largest margin we’ve seen in nearly a decade,” said the poll’s director, Douglas Schwartz, referring to shortstop Derek Jeter’s 2014 farewell.

The New York Mets had their worst showing in the poll, with 6 percent of Nutmeggers proclaiming their allegiances to the Amazins.

Fairfield County broke decidedly for the Pinstripes, 53 to 15 percent, while Hartford County reaffirmed its place in Red Sox Nation, 51 to 32 percent.

Neil Vigdor