Interest in Politics and other topics

3 Sep 2019

Q. How much interest do you have in each of the following?

	A lot of interest	Some interest	A little interest	Not much interest	No interest at all
Federal politics	19%	30%	22%	14%	14%
International relations	16%	33%	28%	12%	12%
State politics	15%	32%	27%	13%	14%
Local politics	12%	32%	27%	13%	15%
The football finals (AFL or NRL)	26%	18%	15%	12%	29%
The Ashes	18%	17%	16%	12%	36%
The Block	9%	13%	14%	15%	49%
The Bachelor	7%	10%	12%	13%	59%

Almost one fifth of participants (19%) say they have a lot of interest in Federal politics. This is lower than the 26% of people who have a lot of interest in the upcoming football finals.
Sporting events are polarising, as they generate both a high amount of interest (26% for football and 18% for The Ashes) or no interest at all (29% and 36%).
TV shows do not generate much interest, with just 9% having a lot of interest in The Block, and 7% in the Bachelor.

	Total	Gender		Age
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+
Federal politics	19%	24%	14%	13%	15%	29%
International relations	16%	21%	11%	13%	16%	18%
State politics	15%	21%	10%	10%	13%	22%
Local politics	12%	15%	9%	11%	11%	14%
The football finals (AFL or NRL)	26%	32%	20%	22%	25%	30%
The Ashes	18%	27%	10%	17%	16%	21%
The Block	9%	8%	10%	11%	11%	6%
The Bachelor	7%	6%	7%	12%	8%	1%

	Total	Federal Voting Intention (Lower House)
	Total	Labor	NET: Coalition	Greens	Independent / Other
Federal politics	19%	20%	26%	16%	15%
International relations	16%	15%	19%	16%	17%
State politics	15%	18%	19%	12%	11%
Local politics	12%	13%	14%	12%	11%
The football finals (AFL or NRL)	26%	31%	28%	16%	27%
The Ashes	18%	19%	24%	13%	15%
The Block	9%	11%	9%	10%	8%
The Bachelor	7%	8%	7%	6%	2%

Men are more likely than women to say they have a lot of interest in all levels of politics and sporting events.
Older respondents (aged over 55) are more likely than those aged 18-34 to say they have a lot of interest in Federal and State politics (29% to 13%, and 22% to 10% respectively), but less likely to have interest in TV shows.

	Total	Gender		Age
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+
Federal politics	14%	10%	18%	21%	16%	7%
International relations	12%	7%	16%	15%	14%	7%
State politics	14%	11%	17%	21%	15%	8%
Local politics	15%	12%	18%	22%	15%	9%
The football finals (AFL or NRL)	29%	21%	35%	27%	28%	31%
The Ashes	36%	25%	47%	37%	38%	34%
The Block	49%	53%	45%	34%	48%	63%
The Bachelor	59%	61%	57%	37%	58%	79%

	Total	Federal Voting Intention (Lower House)
	Total	Labor	NET: Coalition	Greens	Independent / Other
Federal politics	14%	11%	8%	14%	23%
International relations	12%	10%	6%	8%	19%
State politics	14%	10%	8%	11%	22%
Local politics	15%	13%	8%	12%	21%
The football finals (AFL or NRL)	29%	25%	21%	41%	38%
The Ashes	36%	34%	26%	44%	47%
The Block	49%	47%	47%	49%	59%
The Bachelor	59%	58%	57%	56%	72%

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