This week I joined Ben Raue and Paddy Manning on the Tallyroom Podcast to talk about the latest Australian federal election polls, seats where independents are challenging the Coalition, and the conclusion of the NSW upper house count. You can listen to us here.
Socialism is back. Well known for their love of avocados and Netflix, Millennials are now also apparently embracing the radical leftist politics of economic equality and public ownership of the means of production. That it is young people who are seen as supporting socialism is not surprising. This support is embodied (in the United States) …
I've conducted a couple of interviews lately that I haven't posted here. Last night, the ABC launched Vote Compass for the 2019 Australian federal election. I spoke with Ashleigh Raper about how this is a tool that can be used by voters to find out where their issue preferences sit in relation to the policy …
Mueller is done with his investigation. His report (in some form) should be released soon. The other week I appeared on the United States Studies Centre podcast 2020Vision to discuss what his public opinion surveys suggest people believe on Russian interference and other issues likely to be important in the 2020 US presidential election, including …
On the night of 2 July, 2016, following what was a mostly tepid national election campaign, the (then) Liberal Party prime minister Malcolm Turnbull launched a tirade on national television, asserting that the tactics used by the Labor Party over previous weeks had involved ‘some of the most systematic, well-funded lies ever peddled in Australia’. …
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In January 2017, the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin orchestrated a campaign designed to harm the electoral chances of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, faith in the US electoral system, and increase political instability in the United States. Since Trump's inauguration, these questions over the extent of …
The United States midterm elections are being held on Tuesday, 6 November. This offers the first nationwide referendum on the presidency of Donald Trump. Presidential elections are held every four years, in conjunction with votes for congress, state governors and other positions. Midterm elections are held half-way between presidential elections (in the middle of a …
This is something I wrote up a while ago but did not get the chance to post here until now. Queensland Senator Fraser Anning’s widely condemned call for a “final solution” to the Australia’s “immigration problem” the other month should not be viewed in isolation. While his rhetoric was stronger than what we’re used to …
Compared to Australia, the United States has a trust problem. Recent polling we commissioned from YouGov, surveying both Australians and Americans, showed Australians consistently reporting higher levels of trust than Americans. It didn’t matter what we asked about — the national government, state governments, family and friends, media, political parties — Australians appear to be …
In September 2017 we launched a new, regular poll in the United States and Australia with YouGov. (By we, I mean those of us at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney). This poll is being run by me, with USSC CEO Professor Simon Jackman, and is intended to track perceptions of …
