{"id":10060,"date":"2020-02-12T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/large-majority-of-americans-expect-that-foreign-governments-will-try-to-influence-the-2020-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:45:29","slug":"large-majority-of-americans-expect-that-foreign-governments-will-try-to-influence-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/02\/12\/large-majority-of-americans-expect-that-foreign-governments-will-try-to-influence-the-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Large majority of Americans expect that foreign governments will try to influence the 2020 election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Note: For more recent findings on this topic, see this August 2020 post.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Americans (72%) say it is likely that Russia or other foreign governments will attempt to influence the November 2020 election. But while majorities in both parties say this, this view is more widespread among Democrats than Republicans, with Democrats considerably more likely to consider efforts by foreign nations to influence the election to be a \u201cmajor problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, roughly four-in-ten Americans (39%) say attempts by foreign governments to influence the 2020 election are very<\/em> likely, with another 32% viewing this as somewhat likely. Just 27% say it is not too likely (20%) or not at all likely (7%) that these attempts will occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>