Majority of Democrats Think Russia Tampered With Vote Tallies, Despite No Evidence

The crosstabs of the latest YouGov poll show that the majority of Democrats have embraced a reading of the November election that is conspiratorial and false:

It also must be said that the perception that November’s election is illegitimate has been helped along by a shameful performance by the media, who insist on using the terminology that the election itself was “hacked.”

The White House statement on “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment” only refers, somewhat vaguely, to “aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election.” The New York Times has reported a cyber espionage team connected to Russia did penetrate the Democratic National Committee, and the FBI has said it suspects Russia was behind the hack of Democratic operative John Podesta’s emails that produced a number of newsworthy revelations during the campaign. However, there have been no official claims that Russian hackers were in any way tampering with vote totals.