Q. Would you support or oppose a national ban on greyhound racing?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | NSW | Vic | Mar 2015 | ||||
Total support | 55% | 57% | 51% | 71% | 52% | 55% | 54% | 48% | |||
Total oppose | 27% | 28% | 30% | 18% | 33% | 27% | 29% | 26% | |||
Strongly support | 28% | 33% | 20% | 44% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 23% | |||
Support | 27% | 24% | 31% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 25% | 25% | |||
Oppose | 19% | 18% | 23% | 12% | 23% | 17% | 23% | 19% | |||
Strongly oppose | 8% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 7% | |||
Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 19% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 26% |
55% would support a national ban on greyhound racing and 27% would oppose. 19% did not have an opinion. This represents an increase in support for a national ban on greyhound racing since this question was asked in March last year.
Those most likely to support a ban were Greens voters (71%), income over $2,000 pw (62%) and those with a university education (62%). Views of those from NSW and Victoria were similar to the national sample.