It's Official, Russians Corrupted The Election

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Originally Posted by JCricket

Hey Whell,
I agree with the statement, although I think I might disagree with the implied scope. Would funding from Russian government for a candidate also be manipulating votes? It has been said that the person who spends the most is the winner of the election. Obviously this is a very loose and open statement, but it is for illustrative purposes.
Thoughts?

The only way you can "manipulate votes" is to somehow get access to the voting machines or the voting process. Also, reportedly Trump spent far less than Hillary's campaign and still won.

Broadly speaking, for a foreign entity's money to end up in our election process is troubling. But it has been a fact of life for years that foreign money ends up finding its way to candidates for US office even though its prohibited by law. Remember the Clinton's accepting money from the Chinese?

Do you think its also wrong when we interfere in the election process of other countries?