manipulable

Having such manipulable human material at its disposal explains why populist authoritarian regimes display a peculiar mix of drive, menace and spectacular incompetence.

"Public opinion," he remarked, "seems as fickle and manipulable as the wind".

But the secretaries also took heart when Mr. Merrill, a generally Trump-friendly Republican, offered his own experience as an election observer in Russia as testimony that paper ballots were just as manipulable as electronic voting.

This demographic shift, by his account, is designed to help Democrats create an easily manipulable voting bloc from various Third World countries.

They view their marks as vulnerable and manipulable.