Young people are more likely than their older counterparts to believe they could not be friends with people who hold differing political views, while just 65 per cent of Australians are confident in the country’s election results.

That’s according to a survey of 4000 Australians by the McKinnon Institute, conducted as part of its McKinnon Index: a measure of trust in leaders, effectiveness of governments, performance of institutions, and how and why Australians engage in politics and public debate.

A clear majority of people thought they could still be friends with people who hold political beliefs that are dissimilar to their own.

Nearly three-quarters of Australians surveyed for the new index said they disagreed with the statement that they “could not be friends with someone of differ

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