Since consensus has been reached between the CIA, the FBI, and NSA there seems little doubt that Putin engineered Trump's win. How will this revelation affect future elections, not just in the US but in any Western country?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/06/vladimir-putin-us-election-interference-report-donald-trump

I don't know how it will effect future elections. I find one thing too coincidental for me, and I am not a big conspiracy theory person. But isn't it odd that all this hacking is coming from the same country that Edward Snowden has taken refuge in? He worked for the NSA and knows their operating system. 

A couple of points here, Didge.

All these Gov't entities agree that Putin had no means of tinkering with actual votes. He (or his cronies) hacked into the DNC computer message system(s). Yes, nasty business. The disenfranchised voters in the US midwest ("flyover states", the coastal elites call them) decided the election. 

These are also the same gov't entities that boldly proclaimed WMD's were lying around in Saddam's backyard in Iraq, in 2002. Could this be intentional misdirection, again? Food for thought.

I would not attempt to guess how it would affect other countries but here in the US, and this is only my opinion, after the 20th of January the general public will want to get things back to "normal" (what ever that is now) as soon as possible. International hacking of US systems public as well as government system will continue and increase. So will the "so called" preventive measures. Unless something is done that brings the American people together as a whole, as with 911, whatever the scandal or crime it will be forgotten by the public  in due time. Having said that I will add, based on my personal experience, regardless who the president of the US is, there is always a patient group of US Federal workers (in various agencies) who will keep the "item" in focus just below the radar. When and if there is an opportunity, let us say with the next president or heaven forbid another major catastrophe, they will have all the ducks in order and be ready to act upon it.

Forgive me if I got this all wrong but it has occurred to me I agree with this post I recently found ... .

It appears there were never any Russian hackers. And no matter who gave the information to Wikileaks, that information that the American public was NEVER SUPPOSED TO KNOW, (the truth was being hidden from the public ) that may have changed some people's opinion of Hillary Clinton. So basically, they are saying that Russia must be punished for helping to enlighten the American people with information that was CRITICAL to making a good decision as to who to elect to the most powerful position in the world. Gee.... Dam Russians ruined everything. The American people were supposed to be fed Hilary's lies and believe them. WHOEVER GAVE UP THOSE EMAILS MIGHT  HAVE DONE EVERYONE A FAVOUR BY EXPOSING HER. They didn't make anything up, they didn't try to fool people .. They just exposed her.

Rather than address this with one of my typical treatises, let me just say that I am content to know that I am apparently smarter than Putin.