Well, that went bad for the pollsters. Every poll published during the election campaign got it wrong. I am as surprised as most. While it was obvious that the pollsters were doing something that reduced polling noise (and hopefully increased the polling signal), I had hoped they knew what they […] Read more »
Voters across Australia left asking: ‘What’s the deal with the polls?’
Conventional wisdom going into the election was that Labor would win, so Saturday’s result had people scratching their heads about the opinion polls. CONT. Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Read more »
Australian federal election: Final poll wrap
The election campaign is finally coming to an end, with Australians to head to the polls tomorrow. AAP/Bianca de Marchi/Tracey Nearmy Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne The federal election will be held tomorrow. Polls close at 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time in the eastern seaboard states, 6:30pm in SA and […] Read more »
The counterrevolution to populism is happening all over the world
It’s not just in the United States. The counterrevolution to populism is happening all over the world, and it’s turning the old left-right political axis on its head. In country after country, the rise of anti-immigrant parties or movements is forcing many supporters of traditional center-right parties to recalibrate. Culturally […] Read more »
Trump’s International Ratings Remain Low, Especially Among Key Allies
America’s global image plummeted following the election of President Donald Trump, amid widespread opposition to his administration’s policies and a widely shared lack of confidence in his leadership. Now, as the second anniversary of Trump’s election approaches, a new 25-nation Pew Research Center survey finds that Trump’s international image remains […] Read more »
The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult
… To understand the rapid mainstreaming of white supremacism in English-speaking liberal democracies today, we must examine the experience of unprecedented global migration and racial mixing in the Anglosphere in the late 19th century: countries such as the United States and Australia where, as Roosevelt wrote admiringly in 1897, “democracy, […] Read more »