In recent years, referenda have been used to inform decisions to bid on major sport events. Recognising referenda as a means to engage a community in a major sport event, the purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of referenda support and participation intention. A sample of 603 New Zealanders completed a questionnaire a) the intention to participate in such a referendum. Based on exploratory factor analysis assessing b) their support for a referendum on their city bidding to host the Commonwealth Games, and multinomial logistic regression, the key findings are that political cynicism, civic duty, event status and involvement affected voters’ referendum support, while political cynicism, civic duty, political interest, event status and involvement impacted their voting intentions. The results have implications for prospective host cities, sport managers, policymakers, and ordinary citizens.

近年来，全民公决已被用于告知重大体育赛事的竞标决定。认识到全民投票是使社区参与重大体育赛事的一种手段，本研究的目的是调查全民投票支持和参与意向的决定因素。603名新西兰人的样本完成了调查表a）打算参加这种公民投票的意图。根据探索性因素分析评估，b）他们对申办英联邦运动会的城市进行全民公决的支持以及多项逻辑回归，主要发现是政治犬儒主义，公民义务，事件状态和参与程度影响了选民的公投支持，而政治玩世不恭，公民义务，政治利益，事件状态和参与影响了他们的投票意图。