64% of Americans think political violence will INCREASE, both parties view the other as an enemy, and the majority believe democracy is deteriorating, according to a recent poll.
51% feared an upsurge in political violence in January 2021.
A majority of 54% feel the United States will become less democratic.
The results came days after President Joe Biden condemned the MAGA movement as a “extremist” danger to democracy.
A man was shot while assaulting an FBI field office following the agency’s Mar-a-Lago operation.
Donald Trump referred to Joe Biden as a “enemy of the state” on Saturday.
According to a new survey, a large majority of Americans think that political violence will increase in the future, and this percentage has grown since last year.
64 percent of Americans now fear an escalation in political violence, an increase of 13 percentage points compared to January 2021, the month of the Capitol disturbance, when only 53 percent of Americans shared this sentiment.
In December 2021, 57 percent of Americans anticipated an increase, according to a recent CBS poll.
The past few months have been marked by a succession of revelations from the House Select Committee on January 6, as well as sentencing and court proceedings for a number of people charged on that date.
A former officer of the New York Police Department was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for participating in the riot and attacking a Capitol Police Officer.
64 percent of Americans now express concern about a rise in political violence. In the month of the Capitol riot in January 2021, the percentage was 51%.
According to a CBS News survey, 64% of Americans are concerned that political violence would escalate.
Following the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, there was a heightened attention on the possibility of political violence.
Some Trump fans made violent threats online, and days after the search, an armed man attempted to attack an FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, but was slain.
Eighty percent of Americans currently believe that the nation is more divided than during their parents’ time.
A man was shot while attempting to attack the Cincinnati FBI field office.
During the FBI search, authorities stand outside Mar-a-Lago, the estate of former president Donald Trump.
The search of Mar-a-Lago by the FBI prompted online threats from Trump supporters.
In a prime time address, President Joe Biden referred to MAGA ‘extremists’ as a threat to democracy itself.
A majority of 54% believe the United States will become less democratic than it is today.
The results were released days after President Joe Biden condemned MAGA as a “extremist” movement that posed a threat to democracy.
At a campaign rally on Saturday, former President Donald Trump referred to President Joe Biden as a “enemy of the state.”
Trump told a gathering in Pennsylvania, “He’s an enemy of the state if you want the truth.”
51% of Republicans believe Democrats to be the political opposition, while 49% regard them to be their foes. 53 percent of Democrats consider Republicans as the political opposition, while 47 percent view them as adversaries.
More than forty percent of Americans, according to a recent Economist-YouGov survey, anticipate civil war within the next ten years.
According to the survey, 43 percent of individuals believe a civil war will occur within the next 10 years, while 35 percent believe civil war is not very likely or not at all possible, and 22 percent are unsure.
21 percent of self-identified’strong Republicans’ and 33 percent of self-identified’moderate Republicans’ feel civil war is’very likely’ within the next decade.