ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to test the relationship between support for sports policy and political ideology in the host community’s perception of the impacts of a major sporting event. On the one hand, the population’s perception of the positive and negative impacts of the Formula 1 European Grand Prix held in Valencia (Spain) was consulted and, on the other hand, the political orientation and support for the government’s sports policy during the celebration of this sporting event was consulted. The sample consulted was 338 residents in the city. The results of this work have shown that the perception of the positive and negative impacts of holding the event is different depending on the political orientation of the person interviewed. Secondly, it was found that residents’ perception of the positive impacts related to socioeconomic, political and administrative aspects were related to support for sports policy, while the negative impacts related to socioeconomic aspects also predicted in a negative sense the willingness to support sports policy. It was also found that the possibility of identifying with a left-wing ideology was less likely than the possibility of identifying with a right-wing ideology when supporting the government’s sports policy.
