Three countries are trying to influence the November elections in the United States: China, Russia and Iran, William Evanina warned earlier this month. Evanina is the director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Just two years ago, a U.S. Director of National Intelligence report warned that those three countries were trying to influence the U.S. congressional midterm elections.
How did Americans react to these warnings two years ago? We investigated — and found that if Americans believe such warnings are significant, it can undermine their trust in U.S. elections. CONT.
Sarah Bush (Yale) and Lauren Prather (UCSD), Monkey Cage