More than half of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if Donald Trump is elected this November, according to a new poll.

While 58 percent of registered voters think the threat of political violence will be greater under Trump if he is elected, 21 percent say it will fall, a poll from CBS News released Sunday reveals. Another 21 percent say there will be no change.

Just over 40 percent of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if current Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, while 27 percent say it will decrease and 30 percent expect it to stay the same, according to the poll.

Roughly 83 percent of Harris voters believe the threat of political violence will be greater under the former president, while 63 percent of Trump voters say it will rise under the vice president if she wins.

The poll comes as GOP leaders blame Democratic rhetoric for the two assassination attempts against Trump this summer.


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  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    “threat of political violence” has already increased, and will keep increasing as long as trump is even a thing, because that’s how maga voters are. if he’s allowed to steal the election like he tried in 2020, then there’s nothing to even talk about, because that’s the end of everything

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      These are people who believe that violence is justified by its efficacy and vice versa, barely held in place by the current rule of law.

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      3 months ago

      I’m still shocked they changed their slogan from “Make America Great Again” to “Take America Back”. The people who came up with that saw that it implied violence and fully embraced it.