The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is set to be awarded in December. If you were going to cast a vote, would you base your view purely on a sportsperson’s skill and achievements in their specific sport, or also take into account their public behaviour and character?

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is set to be awarded in December. If you were going to cast a vote, would you base your view purely on a sportsperson’s skill and achievements in their specific sport, or also take into account their public behaviour and character? Published on 21 November 2017 → Survey conducted on 21 November 2017 on 2748 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Purely based on their skill and achievements in their sport

17%

Both their sporting achievements and their public behaviour and character

65%

Don't know

18%

Purely based on their skill and achievements in their sport

17%

Both their sporting achievements and their public behaviour and character

65%

Don't know

18%

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