Russia’s popularity among Americans has once again dropped to Cold War-era depths, according to a new poll from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs released on Wednesday.
The poll found Americans giving Russia an average rating of 32 when asked to rate their feelings toward Russia from 0 to 100. That score is down from an average of 40 in the organization’s June survey, and marks the lowest score on this measure since 1986, when Russia’s rating stood at 31.
The survey comes after publication of a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election, in part to help Donald Trump become president. That conclusion was endorsed by the FBI and Director of National Intelligence last week. Trump has said he doesn’t believe the CIA’s findings, calling them “ridiculous” in a Fox News Sunday interview earlier this month.
Compared with other countries, Russia continues to be significantly less popular with the American public than its closest neighbors and its largest international rival. Russia’s overall rating 32 is 11 percentage points behind China’s 41 mark, and far behind Mexico’s 55 and Canada’s 76.
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