Only 5.7% of Americans Say Israel Is the Top Meddler in US Elections

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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?
Source: IRmep representative poll of 1,000 American adults fielded through Google Surveys on July 2-8Israeli entities do indeed try to meddle. In February the New Yorker reported how the Israeli private intelligence company Psy-Group 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-g...-us-elections/



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[Anti Globalist]

Not surprising one bit.

[oyarde]

Most people probably know it is democrats and chinese so all those russian votes are from people who watch american news just since trump beat clinton.

[AngryCanadian]

Not a surprise at all and all this propaganda seems to be having an effect dispute there is no evidence in Russian interference nonsense.

[RonZeplin]

Mexico meddles the most in US elections. Untold millions of illegal alien invaders are now voting in our elections.

The Reagan amnesty was HUGE. Thank the Reconqista Republicans.

[Champ]

I guess we are lucky to see it at 5.7% in 2019, surprised it even made the cut, I'll take it. That number is going to rise once the Russia nonsense is a long forgotten memory, our endless wars remain and domestic/cultural issues continue to deteriorate.

[Swordsmyth]

Mexico meddles the most in US elections. Untold millions of illegal alien invaders are now voting in our elections.

The Reagan amnesty was HUGE. Thank the Reconqista Republicans.

I guess we are lucky to see it at 5.7% in 2019, surprised it even made the cut, I'll take it. That number is going to rise once the Russia nonsense is a long forgotten memory, our endless wars remain and domestic/cultural issues continue to deteriorate.

I'd say if you toss out Russia they have the top 3 right but in the wrong order with Mexico as #4.

[UWDude]

Nice one, the news placed all the blame on Russia.
Lots of news here, thinking Russia is to blame, saying Russia is to blame.

[timosman]

Most people know it's not nice to blame Israel for anything.