FanPulse: Confidence in White Sox direction? Steady

Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send 30 polls to plugged-in fans from each team. Chicago White Sox fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.

Since our season-low confidence a few weeks ago, mired in a 12-of-16 losing streak and free-falling through September, a decent finish to the season seems to have stabilized our fan confidence.

Fan confidence in the White Sox

Week 1 62%
Week 2 50%
Week 3 52%
Week 4 67%
Week 5 74%
Week 6 62%
Week 7 54%
Week 8 56%
Week 9 69%
Week 10 53%
Week 11 70%
Week 12 83% (season high)
Week 13 81%
Week 14 75%
Week 15 77%
Week 16 80%
Week 17 70%
Week 18 68%
Week 19 69%
Week 20 62%
Week 21 50%
Week 22 65%
Week 23 65%
Week 24 43% (season low)
Week 25 59%
Week 26 52%
Week 27 65%
Week 28 62%

Ricky takes another slip this week. At some point, the trend of fan confidence being significantly lower in the manager than the team at large has to be taken as an indication that most fans don’t feel Renteria is the manager to take the White Sox another step forward.

Fan confidence in the Ricky Renteria

Week 1 76%
Week 2 86% (season high)
Week 3 60%
Week 4 67%
Week 5 57%
Week 6 53%
Week 7 43%
Week 8 48%
Week 9 59%
Week 10 55%
Week 11 64%
Week 12 59%
Week 13 62%
Week 14 60%
Week 15 65%
Week 16 73%
Week 17 45%
Week 18 50%
Week 19 50%
Week 20 36%
Week 21 38%
Week 22 39%
Week 23 37%
Week 24 30%
Week 25 31%
Week 26 29% (season low)
Week 27 48%
Week 28 40%

Starting this week, it’s a look at how our feelings about the manager and the team have differed over the course of the season. The results don’t look that good for either side, but Ricky gets the stick in most of the head-to-head battles.

Difference between team and manager confidence

Week 1 +14% Renteria
Week 2 +36% Renteria (season-high edge for Renteria)
Week 3 +8% Renteria
Week 4 67% (equal)
Week 5 +17% White Sox
Week 6 +9% White Sox
Week 7 +11% Renteria
Week 8 +8% White Sox
Week 9 +10% White Sox
Week 10 +2% Renteria
Week 11 +6% White Sox
Week 12 +24% White Sox
Week 13 +19% White Sox
Week 14 +15% White Sox
Week 15 +12% White Sox
Week 16 +7% White Sox
Week 17 +25% White Sox
Week 18 +18% White Sox
Week 19 +19% White Sox
Week 20 +26% White Sox
Week 21 +12% White Sox
Week 22 +26% White Sox
Week 23 +28% White Sox (season-high edge for White Sox)
Week 24 +13% White Sox
Week 25 +28% White Sox (season-high edge for White Sox)
Week 26 +23% White Sox
Week 27 +17% White Sox
Week 28 +22% White Sox

The national poll question this week addressed the Wild Card. Namely, should it remain a one-and-done battle, or a three-game series? It seems mostly a practical notion, for a season that sometimes plays into snow, that we keep the Wild Card at one game.

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