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ID174460
Title ProperPublic Opinion and Foreign Electoral Intervention
LanguageENG
AuthorTomz, Michael ;  Weeks, Jessica L. P ;  MICHAEL TOMZ
Summary / Abstract (Note)Foreign electoral intervention is an increasingly important tool for influencing politics in other countries, yet we know little about when citizens would tolerate or condemn foreign efforts to sway elections. In this article, we use experiments to study American public reactions to revelations of foreign electoral intervention. We find that even modest forms of intervention polarize the public along partisan lines. Americans are more likely to condemn foreign involvement, lose faith in democracy, and seek retaliation when a foreign power sides with the opposition, than when a foreign power aids their own party. At the same time, Americans reject military responses to electoral attacks on the United States, even when their own political party is targeted. Our findings suggest that electoral interference can divide and weaken an adversary without provoking the level of public demand for retaliation typically triggered by conventional military attacks.
`In' analytical NoteAmerican Political Science Review Vol. 114, No.3; Aug 2020: p.856 - 873
Journal SourceAmerican Political Science Review 2020-08 114, 3
Key WordsPublic Opinion ;  Foreign Electoral Intervention