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# John Howard's startling lead in the polls
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18830/
- Published: 2005-12-12T17:12:53.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:33.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

If Silvio Berlusconi's triumph in last month's Bad Democracy poll was startling, check out how far Australia's PM, John Howard, is leading [this month](https://www.opendemocracy.net/servlet/DoVote?pollId=7&bd=true).

Want to know why? Read [this synopsis](http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/king-john-howards-triumphant-year/2005/12/09/1134086804452.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) from *The Age* of Howard's year in Aussie politics for clues...