About Half Of Americans Say Russian Affected 2016 Election

Donald Trump has emphatically denied that the Russians interfered with the 2016 presidential election, and still will not admit that (even going so far as to say he believes Putin's denial of interference). I can understand why he's doing that. He thinks admitting Russia interfered in the election would be tantamount to admitting that he did not win the election fairly.

He has tried his best to convince Americans that the charges of Russian interference are just a hoax perpetrated by Democrats to justify their loss in 2016. He's not getting Americans to accept that idea though (except for his die-hard trumpistas). The idea that Russia did interfere is accepted by most people today, and the idea that the interference did affect the outcome of the election continues to grow.

Currently, about half of the population (49%) now think Russian interference affected the outcome of the election, while a similar number (48%) don't think it did. That percentage saying it likely affected the election is significantly larger now than it was a few weeks ago.

The chart above reflects the results of a new Rasmussen Poll -- done on February 19th and 20th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely voters, with a margin of error of 3 points.