new york americans concern 2016 u.s. presidential campaign begin potential threat russia pose country accord reuters/ipsos opinion poll release friday jan. 9-12 survey find 82 percent american adults include 84 percent democrats 82 percent republicans describe russia general threat unite state 76 percent march 2015 question ask increase concern come brutal election season democrats others raise question president-elect donald trump financial tie russia u.s. intelligence community accuse russia engage cyber attack election trump repeatedly praise russian president vladimir putin strong leader signal campaign might take soft line deal moscow recently accept russia commit hack receive detail brief intelligence officials trump initially criticize find say culprit could china somebody sit bed weigh 400 pound poll ask people rate russia slew countries 5-point scale range threat imminent threat find americans likely label russia threat iran syria china saudi arabia cuba yemen north korea rank high 86 percent americans label threat 25 percent americans give russia high concern label imminent threat russia back old days cold war say oneita wilkins 69 republican live suburb new orleans rat russia imminent threat wilkins vote election say trust trump democratic rival hillary clinton choose vote first time 40 years late report russian hack low opinion trump even trump experience countries wilkins say feel easily influence putin trump early week first news conference since election defend goal good tie putin say putin like donald trump consider asset liability reuters/ipsos poll conduct online english 50 state include 1,169 american adults include 490 democrats 475 republicans poll credibility interval measure accuracy percentage point entire sample percentage point republicans democrats 2016 campaign americans consider russia threat reuters/ipsos poll