Views of American Democracy and Society and Support for Political Violence: First Report from a Nationwide Population-Representative Survey

Several social trends in the United States suggest an increasing risk for political violence. Little is known about support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence and how those measures vary with lethality of violence, specific circumstances, or specific populations as targets.

In this cross-sectional, nationwide survey, participants were asked various questions which revealed insight into different beliefs about American democracy and society and the use of violence, including political violence, and extrapolations to the US adult population.