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Fewer Americans viewed Russia in a favorable light than ever before, even before President Vladimir Putin launched the war against Ukraine, a new poll shows.
The survey, conducted by Gallup, showed only 15 percent of Americans viewed Russia favorably, while 85 percent said their views of Russia were unfavorable. The poll, conducted over the first two weeks of February, came as Russia positioned tens of thousands of soldiers around Ukraine, poised for the invasion that began on Feb. 24.
Attitudes toward Russia have soured in recent years, after American intelligence agencies accused Putin's own intelligence services of interfering in American elections. As recently as 2016, before the presidential election, 30 percent of Americans saw Russia favorably; near the end of the Cold War, in 1991, as many as two-thirds of Americans viewed Russia in a favorable light.
Almost two thirds of Americans said they viewed Ukraine in a favorable light, even before the invasion and President Volodymyr Zelensky's sudden emergence as a Churchillian figure opposing the Russian invaders.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fewer-americans-see-russia-favorably-than-ever-before-poll/ar-AAV2EOU
KPN
(15,587 posts)into this fall's election -- perhaps a media mouthpiece or two as well.
Bev54
(9,963 posts)It needs to be driven home up to the election and all their statements of support shown in every ad, print and tv.
ffr
(22,649 posts)Trying to wrap my head around this. It's either the lobotomy excuse or 15% are what make up Republicans in congress?