My research has been published in academic journals and other formats. I have also been hired as a consultant to conduct research for national political campaigns. I was the principal investigator of the 2019 Cooperative Australian Election Survey. The largest election study conducted in Australia to date, this was a $140,000 survey of 7,000 Australians conducted during the 2019 federal election involving 10 researchers from five universities.
Academic research
Populists or Nativist Authoritarians? A Cross-National Analysis of the Populist Radical Right Ideology Amongst Voters
Australian Journal of Political Science
(with Glenn Kefford) – 2021.
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The role of political polarization on American and Australian trust and media use during the COVID-19 pandemic
In Peter Van Aelst and Jay G. Blumler (eds), Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus (with Andrea Carson and Leah Ruppanner) – 2021.
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Dark money and opaque politics: Making sense of contributions to Australian political parties
Australian Journal of Political Science
(with Darren Halpin) – 2021.
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Voter behaviour: Age, ancestry and economic self-interest
In Marian Simms, Marian Sawer, Anika Gauja (eds), Morrison’s Miracle: The 2019 Australian Federal Election (with Jill Sheppard and Juliet Pietsch) – 2020.
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Anxiety and Financial Worry under the COVID-19 pandemic: Employment Disruption and Increased Housework and Childcare in Australia and the United States
Gender, Work and Organization
(with Leah Ruppanner, Monica Tan and Andrea Carson) – 2021.
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Negative Campaigning, Issue Salience and Vote Choice: Assessing the Effects of the Australian Labor Party’s 2016 ‘Mediscare’ Campaign
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (with Andrea Carson and Aaron Martin) – 2020.
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Electoral reform and voters’ behaviour in Australia and New Zealand
Political Science (with Svitlana Chernykh, Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Leonie Huddy, Aaron Martin) – 2019.
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Support for minor parties in Australia: Economic insecurity versus issue representation
In Shaun Wilson and Markus Hadler (eds), Australian Social Attitudes IV: Australia in an age of insecurity – 2018.
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Public opinion and policy responsiveness in Australia: The case of same-sex marriage
Australian Journal of Political Science (with Andrea Carson and Yannick Dufresne) – 2018.
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Interest aggregators, not office chasers: Evidence for party convergence and divergence in Australia
Australian Journal of Political Science – 2017.
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Under review or in progress
The role of party membership on success of entrepreneurs in China
(with Ben Goldsmith and Minglu Chen)
R&R
Do we still care who gets what, when and how? Asset ownership, economic interests and voter behavior after 2016
Under review
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Coalition realignment, White flight from the Democratic Party, and partisan polarization in the US
In progress
A matter of trust: How Americans and Australians diverged in trust and media use during a global pandemic
(with Andrea Carson and Leah Ruppanner)
In progress
Measuring public opinion for small groups and areas using data from voter advice applications and MRP
(with Simon Jackman)
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Other selected work
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