Luke Mansillo is a political scientist at the University of Sydney with appointments in the United States Studies Centre and the Department of Government and International Relations. He is completing his PhD on Australian voting behaviour and has an expertise in public opinion, polling, Australian politics, and comparative political behaviour, especially elections in post-industrialised countries. He has published in the Australian Journal of Political Science and hold a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in political science and a Master of Social Research from the Australian National University. Luke also frequently writes for the Guardian’s Australian operations.