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applegrove

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Sat Mar 12, 2022, 01:15 PM Mar 2022

American Voters Now View Ukraine Favorably

American Voters Now View Ukraine Favorably

March 12, 2022 at 10:07 am EST By Taegan Goddard 26 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/12/american-voters-now-view-ukraine-favorably/

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Nate Cohn: “In a striking — if perhaps not surprising — shift over the last year and since Russia’s invasion, an overwhelming majority of Americans now say Ukraine is a friendly country. In a new YouGov survey, 81 percent of Americans say Ukraine is either friendly or an ally, a figure that rivals or even exceeds that of many longtime U.S. allies like France or Japan. Only Britain, Canada and Australia earned more favorable ratings from voters.”

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American Voters Now View Ukraine Favorably (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2022 OP
We had Russo-Republican anti-Ukraine propaganda for years, Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #1
+1, yep MAGAstan did a job on UKRs rep uponit7771 Mar 2022 #2
That was probably to soften up America's reaction for when Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #3
American Voters Now View Ukraine as Favorably as France, Germany and Japan LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #4

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
1. We had Russo-Republican anti-Ukraine propaganda for years,
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 01:49 PM
Mar 2022

especially because Zelensky wasn't onboard with being extorted to help Trump win, so this is a good turnaround. Plus America loves scrappy underdogs.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
3. That was probably to soften up America's reaction for when
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 01:56 PM
Mar 2022

Russia ultimately acted against Ukraine. Pooty sure got a surprise.

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