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  • Aug, 2015

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    Adam Goodes

    Q. Do you think the people who booed Adam Goodes were being racist or not being racist?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other
    Being racist 29% 35% 22% 53% 18%
    Not being racist 45% 40% 59% 21% 58%
    Don’t know 26% 24% 19% 26% 24%

    29% think that the people who booed Adam Goodes were being racist or and 45% think they were not being racist.

    A majority (59%) of Liberal/National voters thought they were not being racist while most (53%) Greens voters though they were being racist.

    Those most likely to think they were being racist were aged 18-34 (37%) and those with a university degree (37%).

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