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What do Americans really think about Australia? What I found raises a big problem

Melanie La'Brooy Writer October 19, 2025 — 12.27pm Advertisement

Every new political poll usually achieves one of two outcomes. Sometimes it confirms something I already knew, such as recent polling which shows that leading a political party while being sabotaged is hard. Or it leaves me with the disturbing feeling that if this is the answer, then the wrong question is being asked, as with the poll that revealed the sexiest male UK politician is … Nigel Farage.

The publication this week of a poll by the United States Study Centre combined both of these trends. By providing Australian perspectives on the Trump 2.0 administration and our alliance with the

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