Partisan divide on foreign government influence in midterm foreign elections % who say Russia or other foreign governments influenced the USS congressional elections
About four-in-ten (38%) Americans say that Russia or other foreign governments definitely (9%) or probably (30%) influenced the congressional elections, while six-in-ten say foreign governments probably (44%) or definitely (16%) did not influence the elections.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they think there was foreign influence in the congressional elections: 53% say this, compared with 21% of Republicans. This is similar to the partisan divide in expectations before the election, when 80% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans said it was at least somewhat likely that there would be foreign attempts to influence the election.
Partisan divide on foreign government  | influence in midterm foreign elections  | % who say Russia or other foreign governments  | influenced the USS congressional elections  | Definitely did NOT Probably did  | Prol bably did NOT Definitely did  | Total  | 44  | 30 9 38  | 60 16  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 78  | 26  | 52  | 18 21  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 46 37  | 40 13 53  | Note: No answer not shown.  | Source Survey of U.S adults conducted Nov. 7-16, 2018  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 