Given all the Russiagate hysteria that’s been going on for years now, I’m actually kind of surprised this poll shows a plurality of Americans believed that Russia was more of a competitor than an enemy as recently as the beginning of this year.

Then again, maybe not. When viewed among partisan lines, I’d assume that the large overall recent uptick in “Enemy” viewpoint is largely coming from Republicans.

Edit: Actually, as seen here, that’s not true. A plurality of Republicans and Dems viewed Russia as more of a competitor than an enemy in January. The fact that both have shifted their perception in basically the exact same way since then shows that, once again, there is fundamentally little to no difference between a liberal and a conservative, especially on foreign policy.