‘The struggle ahead’: 2024 candidates, voters split on global threat of Russia vs. China

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Miles J. Herszenhorn

USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON − In 2020, voters saw the coronavirus pandemic as the biggest global threat. Now, as Americans consider2024 presidential candidates, a different fear is top of mind: a battle of superpowers armed with nuclear weapons.

Americans with strong feelings about U.S. foreign policy decisions are torn between helping Ukraine win a war against Russia andshifting the focus eastwardto what they regard as the larger danger.

“What keeps me up at night is China,” said Ginny Kerr, 77, a retired medical technologist and independent voter. “I fear China more than Russia, and I think people ought to wake up to that.”

Though President Joe Biden and the Republican presidential contenders say they would prefer to discuss how to combat the rising influence of China, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine have beenimpossible to ignore…

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