Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total dis-agree | Strongly agree | Agree | Dis-agree | Strongly dis-agree | Don’t know | ||
| I regularly bet on horse races | 19% | 78% | 7% | 12% | 21% | 57% | 3% | |
| I rarely bet on horse races but will be watching the Melbourne Cup and placing a bet | 38% | 55% | 13% | 25% | 21% | 34% | 7% | |
| I will watch the Melbourne Cup but will not place a bet | 33% | 59% | 10% | 23% | 26% | 33% | 8% | |
| I have never been interested in the Melbourne Cup | 33% | 62% | 15% | 18% | 34% | 28% | 5% | |
| I have become less interested in the Melbourne Cup over recent years because of my concerns with gambling | 26% | 67% | 9% | 17% | 33% | 34% | 8% | |
| I have become less interested in the Melbourne Cup because of my concerns about animal cruelty | 29% | 63% | 13% | 16% | 32% | 31% | 7% |
| Total agree | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| I regularly bet on horse races | 19% | 22% | 23% | 14% | 9% | |
| I rarely bet on horse races but will be watching the Melbourne Cup and placing a bet | 38% | 41% | 49% | 27% | 35% | |
| I will watch the Melbourne Cup but will not place a bet | 33% | 32% | 42% | 29% | 28% | |
| I have never been interested in the Melbourne Cup | 33% | 34% | 28% | 36% | 34% | |
| I have become less interested in the Melbourne Cup over recent years because of my concerns with gambling | 26% | 29% | 25% | 34% | 26% | |
| I have become less interested in the Melbourne Cup because of my concerns about animal cruelty | 29% | 32% | 25% | 55% | 23% |
Despite only 19% saying they regularly bet on horse races, 38% say they will be watching the Melbourne Cup and placing a bet while 33% say they will be watching the Cup but not placing a bet.
However, 33% agree that they have never been interested in the Melbourne Cup. 26% agree they have become less interested because of concerns about gambling and 29% have become less interested because of concerns about animal cruelty.
Liberal/National voters tend to have more interest in the Melbourne Cup than other voter groups.