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Greyhound racing

19 Jul 2016

Q. Would you support or oppose a national ban on greyhound racing?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   NSW Vic   Mar 2015
Total support 55%   57% 51% 71% 52%   55% 54%   48%
Total oppose 27%   28% 30% 18% 33%   27% 29%   26%
Strongly support 28%   33% 20% 44% 26%   27% 29%   23%
Support 27%   24% 31% 27% 26%   28% 25%   25%
Oppose 19%   18% 23% 12% 23%   17% 23%   19%
Strongly oppose 8%   10% 7% 6% 10%   10% 6%   7%
Don’t know 19%   16% 19% 11% 15%   18% 18%   26%

 55% would support a national ban on greyhound racing and 27% would oppose. 19% did not have an opinion. This represents an increase in support for a national ban on greyhound racing since this question was asked in March last year.

Those most likely to support a ban were Greens voters (71%), income over $2,000 pw (62%) and those with a university education (62%). Views of those from NSW and Victoria were similar to the national sample.

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