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…
Read moreResponse rates from 26.4k Canada voters.
12% Yes |
88% 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 |
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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No, so long as it is a bourgeois government reflecting the interests of the class oppressing the working class.
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Corporations do it all the time. Borders are fake. I somehow care less about government bodies like the us cia interfering in elections and I resent the use of the word foreign.
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I will say no knowing that CISIS will continue to support democracy in enemy states clandestinely (which i unofficially approve of)
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Yes, but only to protect human rights and the environment, as other countries' leaders can affect our own lives and livelihoods with these areas
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Yes but only to influence public public opinion, not tamper with a fair voting process. Unless the country/citizens are under threat of tyranny
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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.
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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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