A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
Did anyone say that 100% of political violence is on the right? It’s more like 90-95%, I would guess.
I wouldn’t even know how to research that. I’d completely agree that the absolute vast majority of political violence is from the right but support of violence had risen across the board. More republicans support it (33%) than Democrats (13%) but independents support has risen too (22%).
You could start by reading what the FBI says about it.
Do you have a link? What I’ve been thinking about in my own head, for a while now, is if this is a leading indicator of future events or is this a flash in the pan. Republicans are much more like to commit violence and support violence but across the board the support of political violence has risen among all political persuasions.
I don’t. You’ll have to look for it.
Here’s something from Reuters though:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-violence/
That’s a really good article.
Stood out to me personally.
Their statistics of 20% matches what I’ve seen of 33%, 22%, & 13% percent of Republicans, independents, & Democrats respectively who support political violence. If you look in my comment history you’ll see that I repeatedly say Republicans are the source of the vast amount political violence. I really didn’t write my thoughts out as well as I could have but what I’ve been thinking about is how this acceptance has been on the rise and what could happen if it continues to rise. What if in five years it’s 40%, 30%, & 20%?