The phrase “election interference,” at one extreme, includes violence, kidnapping and criminal intimidation by foreign agents. (In this manifestation, it’s a problem that Canada has a lot more of than the United States, but it’s merely one aspect of a wider “the state won’t solve, address or even just oppose crime” problem.) It can include political corruption and foreign compromise of officials and legislators. But at the other end of the spectrum, “interference” might and does include lots of open, fair, ethical, democratic persuasive activity like the Reagan ad. It seems to me this kind of thing ought to be welcomed among sovereign states as a healthy alternative to espionage, corruption and media conspiracy.
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