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Australia and the United States under President Trump

Australians have consistently expressed high levels of support for Australia’s alliance with the United States in the Lowy Institute Poll, even at times when US presidents were unpopular in Australia. In 2020, more than three-quarters of Australians (78% — up six points this year) say that the alliance with the United States is either very or fairly important to Australia’s security. Low levels of confidence in President Trump may have had some impact on Australian sentiment about the alliance in 2019, but support for ANZUS has now rebounded. The 2020 result is 15 points higher than in 2007 (63%), which remains the low point for Australian support for the alliance in 16 years of the Lowy Institute Poll.

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Australia and the United States under President Trump

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If a person like Donald Trump were elected President of the United States, which one of the following statements comes closest to your personal view:

This question was last asked in 2018.

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In 2016, the question asked 'Australia should remain close to the United States regardless of who is elected US President' and 'Australia should distance itself from the United States if it elects a president like Donald Trump'.
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