According to a survey, if there were referendums, Australia and Canada would choose to become republics.
A recent survey indicated that if given the choice, over half of the foreign nations with King Charles III as their head of state would want to become republics.
Six of the 14 Commonwealth nations, including Canada and Australia, would prefer to do away with the monarchy, according to a survey by the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Michael Ashcroft.
Australian respondents were split 42% to 35% in favor of and against the concept of becoming a republic. According to Ashcroft’s findings, Canada had a wider disparity, with 47% advocating for republicanism and only 23% disapproving.
According to the survey, King Charles would also be deposed as head of state by the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Solomon Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Bahamas.
The results appear to have a variety of justifications. While some respondents in the Caribbean cited historical colonialism as the inspiration for their responses, others stated that they thought that becoming a republic would have practical advantages. The polls in four nations, including Canada, supported the idea that the monarchy is a “racist and colonialist institution and we should have nothing to do with it.”
“Britain is just like a distant memory,” an Australian responder to the survey said. As a matter of fact, we are simply imitating what the US is doing. The monarchy is, in the words of one Canadian, “no longer real to the modern day.”
Prior to Saturday’s coronation of King Charles, a separate Ashcroft poll revealed that while support for the monarchy is still strong in Britain, it contrasts sharply with attitudes elsewhere.
The monarchy enjoyed only sporadic support in the other nations that made up the king’s domain. These include Belize, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. Only two of the 14 nations polled—Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Tuvalu—said they would decisively vote to continue being British crown subjects.
