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Greyhound racing

18 Oct 2016

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the NSW Government’s decision to reverse their proposed ban on greyhound racing?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   NSW
Total approve 41%   40% 52% 20% 39%   44%
Total disapprove 38%   38% 33% 70% 46%   40%
Strongly approve 12%   11% 15% 1% 16%   13%
Approve 29%   29% 37% 19% 23%   31%
Disapprove 19%   18% 20% 20% 21%   22%
Strongly disapprove 19%   20% 13% 50% 25%   18%
Don’t know 21%   22% 16% 10% 15%   15%

41% of Australians approve of the NSW Government’s decision to reverse their proposed ban on greyhound racing. However, 38% disapprove.

These figures are not significantly different in NSW, where 44% approve and 40% disapprove.

Nationally, Greens voters (70%) are far more likely to disapprove. Lib/Nat voters (52%) are more likely than the average to approve. Labor (40% approve) and other voters (39% approve) do not differ significantly from the overall average.

Males (51%) were far more likely than females (31%) to approve of the decision to reverse the proposed ban on greyhound racing.

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