electoralism

Especially with Americans, the ideological assumption of the US being removed from the “troubles” of the rest of the world that’s been around for centuries drives that hard. If a country somewhere else is having problems, that’s no fault or problem of the US, and thus doesn’t affect the US. I think that’s part of the reason the Russiagate brainworms have such a grip on libs, the idea of outsiders affecting US elections is so beyond the pale of the natural order for them.