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title: Russia-Linked Tweets Trying to Divide Voters in Florida Election
description: "Florida recount: Is Russia trying to influence it? New Russia-linked disinformation campaign stoking fears in Florida elections."
---

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# [Russia-Linked Tweets Trying to Divide Voters in Florida Election](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/new-russia-influence-campaign)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | Nov 12, 2018 | 12:47 PM Z

As if things aren't divided enough already in Florida.

The races for governor and for one of Florida's U.S. Senate seats are so close that a recount is required. Essentially, this means there was a 50-50 split in which candidates Floridians favor.

And over the weekend we checked out the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which tracks Russia-linked influence operations on Twitter. 

It turns out the Russia linked accounts have the following topics in their top 10 most frequently tweeted about topics:

- *Florida*
- *Democrats*
- *Broward County. *Broward is one of the counties where some raised allegations of ballot irregularities in the election. 

Here are the top tweets over the last 48 hours from the Russia-linked accounts, according to the [Alliance for Securing Democracy](https://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/).

Oh, and by the way, these Russia-linked accounts use #hashtags (of course), and the number one hashtag they used over the weekend was #StoptheSteal.

As in, "stop the election in Florida from being stolen." 

Russia's divide and conquer strategy may have been more muted on a national level in the midterm elections than during the 2016 election. Now, however, it appears a new campaign is stoking the fears and suspicions of those who voted in Florida.

The most important question is this: *Are Floridians aware of this?*

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