![]() ![]() Perhaps part of the reason for these glaring differences-in addition to good old confirmation bias-is that much of the publicly available evidence of Russian meddling has come in forms that leave room for doubt: declassified intelligence assessments without crucial supporting details, anonymous sources retelling information originating from someone else, partisan statements by political figures and innuendo, all amplified by news outlets and social media. ![]() According to two Quinnipiac poll s from late last year and early in 2018: 82 percent of Democrats “believe that individuals in the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 presidential election,” while 83 percent of Republicans do not 88 percent of Democrats “think that the Russian government tried to influence” the election, while only 43 percent of Republicans agree and 75 percent of Democrats think Special Counsel Robert Mueller “is conducting a fair investigation into this matter,” while only 37 percent of Republicans think the same. Since then, many opinions about the details and impact of that interference have split along party lines. presidential election by hacking Democrats during the campaign. Even before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, nearly 90 percent of Americans had heard allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. ![]()
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