Foreign electoral interventions are attempts by governments, covertly or overtly, to influence elections in another country. A 2016 study by Dov H. Levin concluded that the country intervening in most foreign elections was the United States with 81 interventions, followed by Russia (including the former Soviet Union) with 36 interventions from 1946 to 2000. In July 2018 U.S. Representative Ro Khanna introduced an amendment that would have prevented U.S. intelligence agencies from receiving funding that could be used to interfere in the elections of foreign governments. The amendment would…
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Response rates from 23.9k Canada voters.
13% Yes |
87% No |
6% Yes |
83% No |
3% Yes, but only to protect the country from human rights violations by a tyrannical ruler |
5% No, and we should not try to influence any other country’s elections or policy |
2% Yes, but only to address security threats, not monetary interests |
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1% Yes, but only to influence public opinion, not tamper with a fair voting process |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 23.9k Canada voters.
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but only if that country is being interfered with by another country to prevent corporate takeovers and protect other nations national self determination.
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Yes, we should not interfere but we should influence people in other countries to expose the unfairness of sham democracies.
@9WFR74Q 2mos2MO
Absolutely not. There is far too much potential for bad actors with biases to pull the strings on another countries government for ill intentioned politicians/agencies/militaries/financiers.
We should never interfere with another countries voting and policies.
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No, so long as it is a bourgeois government reflecting the interests of the class oppressing the working class.
@9RZPX675mos5MO
yes, we must ally with big fish like the USA, before more foreign interference from BRICS can come unabridged into our country
@9RBVFQQ5mos5MO
No, democracy should not be infringed. Golden rule; treat others as you would hope to be treated yourself.
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Only influence through economic, diplomatic, military or other solutions, but not through democracy.
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Yes, but only to the benefit of Canadian citizens and at the detriment of another country.
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