The tenth annual Lowy Institute poll again found that only 60% of Australian adults (42% of 18-29 year-olds) think democracy is preferable to any other kind of government while 19% say that our international standing would be enhanced by being a republic (55% said it had no bearing). More info on the Lowy poll (1150 respondents February 2014) is available at: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/lowy-institute-poll-2014 The best and most reliable poll data to date is still the Vote Compass data collected by the ABC in the lead-up to the 2013 election with 1.4m responses – click on link below.
Download: Vote Compass Data on Republic [126KB, pdf]
