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U.S. view on influence of Russian-backed social media content on the 2016 election

How likely do you think it is that Russian-backed content on social media affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election?

The data describes the views of how much Russian-backed social media content had an influence on the 2016 presidential election outcomes. During the April 2018 survey period, 27% of respondents stated that Russian-backed social media content very likely influenced the outcome of the elections, while in comparison 21% reported the complete opposite saying it was not likely at all to have had any influence.

Very likely 27
Somewhat likely 20
Not very likely 13
Not at all likely 21
Not sure 19