Party of Traitors
Josh Marshall @joshtpm
40% of GOPs says it would either be "appropriate" or "not a big deal" if Russia helped Republicans hold Congress in 2018 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/poll-republicans-give-thumbs-up-to-russian-help
via @TPM
____Looking toward the 2018 midterm, 11% of Republicans say its appropriate for Russia to help the GOP maintain control of Congress. Another 29% say its not appropriate but wouldnt be a big deal. So fully 40% of Republicans, according to this poll, either think Russian election is assistance is actually great or at least arent going to lose any sleep over it.
Here are results about 2016
As you can see, only a quarter of Republicans (26%) think it happened and that its a problem. 31% think its great or not a problem. I dont really take at face value when people say they dont think Russia tried to meddle in the 2016 election. I think thats more a statement of defiance, a de facto I dont care, than a statement of factual belief. So overwhelmingly, Republicans either dont care or simply refuse to believe any evidence at all.
Whats also notable is that Republicans seem more supportive of Russian interference going forward than they do in retrospect. As the write-up explains, this difference may be an artifact of the different structure of the questions about 2018. For 2018, the poll asked partisans of each party whether it would be okay if Russia helped their party win. Here are the results.
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/poll-republicans-give-thumbs-up-to-russian-help