Publications

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Sarah Hamilton

Australians believe “dealing with climate change” is a more important foreign policy goal than Americans, according to recent polling by the United States Studies Centre. In a survey conducted in late January 2021...

22 April 2021
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

More than 230,000 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the United States on Wednesday 13 January. Cumulatively, nearly 23.5 million Americans have been confirmed as carrying COVID-19 and nearly 400,000 have died with...

20 January 2021
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

How fair do Americans believe their elections are? Do they think votes are counted properly, or that fraudulent mail-in ballots are cast? Will Americans accept the election outcome if their candidate loses?

There...

3 November 2020
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

New survey data collected by the United States Studies Centre suggests that in virtually every demographic and political group in Australia, the Democratic candidate Joe Biden is overwhelmingly preferred to President Donald Trump.

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31 October 2020
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff, Andrea Carson, Leah Ruppanner

The United States Studies Centre, La Trobe University, the University of Melbourne Policy Lab and YouGov polled 1,060 Americans and 1,375 Australians to find out who was trusted most as a source of...

30 September 2020
 
Simon Jackman, Zoe Meers

With US presidential election polls currently showing Biden handily leading Trump nationally and in many swing states, in this research note we review the current state of 2020 polls; remind ourselves of the...

15 September 2020
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff, Andrea Carson, Leah Ruppanner

While most Australians believe government lockdown measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic “are about right”, new public opinion research from the United States Studies Centre finds Americans are deeply divided.

Polling of 2,000...

10 May 2020
 
Shaun Ratcliff, Zoe Meers

While Australians are concerned about the rise of China – and the United States’ ability to handle it – Americans appear to be more complacent, according to a new USSC-YouGov poll.

3 October 2019
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

As Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares for the rare honour of a state dinner at the Trump White House on Friday, a new poll shows Americans believe they have no better friend than Australia.

20 September 2019
 
Shaun Ratcliff, Zoe Meers, Elliott Brennan

Polling by the United States Studies Centre shows that current NSW abortion laws are out of step with public opinion. NSW voters are no less likely than those in other states to support...

6 September 2019
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

US President Donald Trump faces re-election in a little over a year in November 2020. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are preparing for their primary elections. These are within-party elections that decide...

27 August 2019
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

Socialism is back. Well known for their love of avocados and Netflix, Millenials are now also apparently embracing the radical leftist politics of economic equality and public ownership of the means of production.

10 April 2019
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

In January 2017, the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin orchestrated a campaign designed to harm the electoral chances of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, faith in...

26 February 2019
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

In early October the United States Studies Centre and YouGov polled 1,218 respondents in the United States and 1,039 in Australia to learn what voters in these two countries thought about key issues...

14 December 2018
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

Trump, healthcare, immigration and partisanship are the most important issues for Americans going into the November midterm elections. The latest results from a survey of 1,218 respondents fielded in the US by the...

30 October 2018
 
Shaun Ratcliff, Glenn Kefford

Queensland Senator Fraser Anning’s widely condemned call for a “final solution” to the Australia’s “immigration problem” on Tuesday should not be viewed in isolation. While his rhetoric was stronger than what we’re used...

17 August 2018
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff, Jared Mondschein, Claire McFarland

Australians report higher levels of anxiety than Americans on issues like climate change, and virtually identical levels of anxiety about the affordability of healthcare despite Australia’s stronger social safety net, according to new...

24 July 2018
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

Researchers from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney have released the results of an extensive comparison of trust in both Australia and the United States.

CEO Professor Simon...

18 February 2018
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff

Researchers from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney have released the results of an extensive comparison of public opinion on Donald Trump and perceptions of security and the...

22 January 2018
 
Simon Jackman, Shaun Ratcliff, Luke Mansillo

The United States Studies Centre commissioned surveys with YouGov PLC to compare public opinion on same-sex marriage in the United States and Australia.

9 November 2017