15 January 2019

Passing the pub test: what matters to Australian voters

Professor Simon Jackman
Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre
Dr Shaun Ratcliff
Lecturer in Political Science, United States Studies Centre

The Sydney Morning Herald looked at the USSC and YouGov's latest polling on Australian voter's attitudes on a number of key issues.

View on smh.com.au →

Professor Simon Jackman
Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre
Professor Simon Jackman commenced as CEO of the US Studies Centre in April 2016. Between 1996 and 2016, he was a Professor of Political Science and Statistics at Stanford University. Jackman's teaching and research centres on public opinion, election campaigns, political participation, and electoral systems with special emphasis on American and Australian politics.
Dr Shaun Ratcliff
Lecturer in Political Science, United States Studies Centre
Shaun Ratcliff is a Lecturer in Political Science at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on using novel data sources to study the issue preferences and behaviour of political actors, including voters, interest groups and elites. This includes the role of political parties as interest aggregators and the influence of party coalitions on policy goals.

First published

14 January 2019 in The Sydney Morning Herald

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