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07-26-2019, 04:22 PM
Only 5.7% of Americans Say Israel Is the Top Meddler in US Elections
Skepticism about lobbying for foreign government "relationships"
by Grant Smith Posted on July 15, 2019 Mainstream news coverage of foreign government influence on U.S. elections has been extensive since allegations first surfaced about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. According to a new poll, a solid 60.0% majority of Americans now believe Russia is the single top meddler in US elections, followed by China (16.4%) and the United Kingdom (7.1%).
Despite little warranted media coverage, a surprising 5.7% of Americans believe Israel is the single biggest "meddler" in US elections. Why might a swath of voting-age Americans as numerous as the population of the state of New York believe such a thing? One reason may be that nearly half do not appear to believe there is any difference between groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that claim to lobby for closer foreign government "relations" versus organizations directly lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
IRmep Poll: Which country do you believe meddles the most in US elections?
https://original.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/grant-071519a.jpgSource: IRmep representative poll of 1,000 American adults fielded through Google Surveys (https://surveys.google.com/reporting/survey?survey=r2s677qnkb7epqlsxdnu5v5itm) on July 2-8Israeli entities do indeed try to meddle. In February the New Yorker reported how the Israeli private intelligence company Psy-Group (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/private-mossad-for-hire) pitched clandestine services to both the 2016 Trump campaign and other political campaigns. The story revealed Psy-Group even tried to rig a municipal election in California to help preserve a corrupt hospital administration contract. But the New Yorker story generated little follow up.
https://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2019/07/14/only-5-7-of-americans-say-israel-is-the-top-meddler-in-us-elections/
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by Grant Smith Posted on July 15, 2019 Mainstream news coverage of foreign government influence on U.S. elections has been extensive since allegations first surfaced about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. According to a new poll, a solid 60.0% majority of Americans now believe Russia is the single top meddler in US elections, followed by China (16.4%) and the United Kingdom (7.1%).
Despite little warranted media coverage, a surprising 5.7% of Americans believe Israel is the single biggest "meddler" in US elections. Why might a swath of voting-age Americans as numerous as the population of the state of New York believe such a thing? One reason may be that nearly half do not appear to believe there is any difference between groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that claim to lobby for closer foreign government "relations" versus organizations directly lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
IRmep Poll: Which country do you believe meddles the most in US elections?
https://original.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/grant-071519a.jpgSource: IRmep representative poll of 1,000 American adults fielded through Google Surveys (https://surveys.google.com/reporting/survey?survey=r2s677qnkb7epqlsxdnu5v5itm) on July 2-8Israeli entities do indeed try to meddle. In February the New Yorker reported how the Israeli private intelligence company Psy-Group (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/private-mossad-for-hire) pitched clandestine services to both the 2016 Trump campaign and other political campaigns. The story revealed Psy-Group even tried to rig a municipal election in California to help preserve a corrupt hospital administration contract. But the New Yorker story generated little follow up.
https://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2019/07/14/only-5-7-of-americans-say-israel-is-the-top-meddler-in-us-elections/
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