18 February 2018

We've lost faith in our leaders, but we're still a lot more trusting than the US

Dr Shaun Ratcliff
Honorary Associate, United States Studies Centre

A Sydney Morning Herald article about the results of a USSC/YouGov public opinion poll comparing trust in Australia and the United States.

View on smh.com.au →

Dr Shaun Ratcliff
Honorary Associate, United States Studies Centre
Shaun Ratcliff is an Honorary Associate at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He was previously a Lecturer in Political Science at the Centre with a research focus 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.

The USSC-YouGov poll is run in conjunction with

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