As Election Day approaches, a new Scripps News/IPSOS poll reveals many Americans fear political violence in the nation's capital or elsewhere in the weeks that follow.
As Election Day nears, security experts are raising alarms about the potential for political violence in the weeks following the event. A recent nationwide poll conducted by Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, highlights troubling attitudes toward the use of violence in American politics.The poll found that 8% of respondents believe that the use of force is justified to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president.
” He added that there is a “prescription to be concerned that the election — not just on Election Day itself, but in the aftermath and really for several months—could be quite a tinderbox.”Further research supports these findings. A report from the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California Davis revealed that nearly 14% of Americans strongly believe a civil war could occur in the United States within the next few years.
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