{"id":3118,"date":"2018-07-31T20:32:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T00:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2018-07-31T20:32:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T00:32:42","slug":"the-russia-question-new-poll-sheds-light-on-how-voters-view-russian-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/2018\/07\/the-russia-question-new-poll-sheds-light-on-how-voters-view-russian-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russia Question: New Poll Sheds Light on How Voters View Russian Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is how a republic (and a party) dies.<\/p>\n

To be clear, sanity still seems to be clinging to the Republican party, but only by the fingertips, as the rot of alt-right Trumpism continues to advance and infest.<\/p>\n

Yes. If you\u2019re a part of the alt-right, I don\u2019t want there to be any misunderstandings. I called you an infestation. We can go with \u201cinfection,\u201d if you prefer. Either way, the alt-right isn\u2019t saving the Republican party. They\u2019re destroying it.<\/p>\n

A new poll<\/a> out on Tuesday shows that there are actually those within the party who are absolutely fine with a hostile foreign power interfering in a United States election, if the results are what they want.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not only un-American and unpatriotic, it\u2019s on a level of dumb so vast, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a clear way to measure it.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Yahoo Finance\/SurveyMonkey poll<\/a>\u00a0released Tuesday finds that 11\u00a0percent\u00a0of Republican or GOP-leaning Americans surveyed said it is \u201cappropriate\u201d for\u00a0Russia\u00a0to try to help Republicans, while 29 percent said it\u2019s \u201cnot appropriate, but wouldn\u2019t be a big deal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is not appropriate. If they do it, it\u2019s a big deal.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s only forty percent of Republicans with the absolute wrong idea about allowing Russians to meddle in our national affairs.<\/p>\n

Let me give the acceptable percentage of Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, or anybody else being \u201cok\u201d with Russians meddling in any of our elections: ZERO.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Democrats, only 14 percent feel it would be appropriate, or at least, not a big deal if Russians meddled on their behalf. A hefty 86 percent felt that not only would it be inappropriate, but it would be a big, bad deal.<\/p>\n

Now, given that it is the Republicans in control and there seems to be a \u201cRussia problem\u201d in their ranks, Democrats could just be putting up a noble front. Would they be as outraged if Russian interference had favored their side?<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t really know.<\/p>\n

What we do know is that there is evidence to suggest that they wanted Donald Trump to win. They promoted his campaign through Russian \u201cbots,\u201d across social media.<\/p>\n

If all the information and all the events surrounding the 2016 election didn\u2019t convince you, the Helsinki summit should have put any lingering doubts to rest.<\/p>\n

At a press conference in Helsinki earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said\u00a0he wanted Trump to win<\/a>\u00a0the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I did, because he was the one who wanted to normalize relations with Russia,\u201d Putin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I guess Putin would know, wouldn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n

The new fear is that they\u2019re at it again, with some evidence being present to suggest they\u2019re gearing up to create chaos before the November midterm election.<\/p>\n

Facebook on Tuesday\u00a0also revealed<\/a>\u00a0a new coordinated disinformation campaign on its platform ahead of the fall elections, saying it removed more than two dozen accounts across Facebook and Instagram involved in \u201cinauthentic behavior.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Russia is not our friend. If they\u2019re meddling, it\u2019s not for our good, and this isn\u2019t a partisan issue. It\u2019s an American issue.<\/p>\n

There were 2,509 respondents to this particular survey. It was conducted between July 25 and July 27.<\/p>\n

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This is how a republic (and a party) dies. To be clear, sanity still seems to be clinging to the Republican party, but only by the fingertips, as the rot of alt-right Trumpism continues to advance and infest. Yes. If you\u2019re a part of the alt-right, I don\u2019t want there to be any misunderstandings. 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