US EditionTrump may have aided Australian PM's election victory: analysts
- Australia's Labor Party won a decisive election victory on Saturday, defeating Peter Dutton's conservative coalition and causing Dutton to lose his parliamentary seat.
- Labor trailed in polls three months prior but gained momentum amid low Australian public trust in the United States, which fell 20 percentage points to 36 percent in 2025.
- Analysts noted that Donald Trump's 10-percent trade tariffs on Australian goods, along with global disruptions and domestic issues like cost of living, influenced voter sentiment and Labor's turnaround.
- Political scientists Harrison Brennan and Paul Williams stated Trump "definitely" impacted the election, while crediting a February Australian central bank interest rate cut as a key turning point for Labor.
- The results suggest Trump's trade actions affected voter views, but Labor's win also reflected local concerns and a preference for stable leadership amid national and global volatility.
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Parliamentary election - Australia's Prime Minister wins election high - also because of Trump
As in Canada, U.S. President Trump has played a role in the election in Australia - because opposition leader Dutton has often been compared to him. This has been boosted by the Labor Party. Prime Minister Albanese's Social Democrats have clearly chosen the parliamentary election - and according to media calculations, they can continue to rule with an absolute majority.
Was Trump a significant factor in the Australian elections?
Australia federal election results 2025: Anthony Albanese scored a huge win over the opposition led by Peter Dutton in the Australian federal elections. The loss, according to analysts is owing to Dutton’s failure to dissociate himself from the US President Donald Trump and his policies
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