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Interest in horse racing

6 Nov 2018

Q. How would you describe your level of interest in horse racing?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Oct 2011
High interest 8% 8% 10% 5% 5% 6%
Moderate interest 20% 23% 26% 15% 16% 16%
Low interest 26% 28% 26% 27% 22% 33%
No interest 44% 40% 37% 53% 56% 44%
Don’t know 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%

 

8% say they have a high interest in horse racing and 20% have a moderate interest. 70% say they have low or no interest. This represents a little more interest than when this question was asked in 2011.

Those with most interest are men (34% high/moderate), aged 18-34 (37%), full-time workers (37%) and those earning more than $2,000 pw (37%).

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