Only semi related but I was curious about a data point because I used the concept as a reference without having an actual number. I said more than once, regarding voter fraud, that the US certainly helped place leaders in other countries and had plenty of practice and time to perfect it here. I randomly guessed we did it a dozen times and was shocked to find this...
According to one study, the U.S. performed at least 81 overt and covert known interventions in foreign elections during the period 1946–2000. Another study found that the U.S. engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War.
...Yet somehow it is inconceivable that it could POSSIBLY happen here. The absurdity of the denial is laughable...except that it is also frightening.
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