Poll Watch: 1 In 5 Americans Think Violence Might Solve U.S. Divisions

I’m looking forward to seeing Alex Garland’s Civil War this weekend.

For the record, I don’t think Civil War 2 is going to break out in 2024 because I still think Trump is going to win the 2024 election, but some people are already ready to go there.

PBS Newshour:

“One in 5 U.S. adults believe Americans may have to resort to violence to get their own country back on track, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, an attitude that experts say puts the nation in “an incredibly dangerous place” in the months before the 2024 presidential election. …

In addition, 41 percent of Americans overall said the nation has gotten so far off track that it needs a leader willing to break rules. Looking across partisan lines, 56 percent of Republicans, 28 percent of Democrats and 37 percent of independents agree. …

Three-quarters of Americans said religion should not influence government policy. Another 24 percent said religion should play a role, including almost half of all Republican men.

51 percent of Americans overall said immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally should be deported (an opinion shared by 84 percent of Republicans, 55 percent of independents and 23 percent of Democrats). …

47 percent of Americans overall say discrimination against white people is as much of a problem as it is against Black people and people in other minority groups. Looking across party lines, 77 percent of Republicans, 48 percent of independents and 22 percent of Democrats agree. …”

As I have said, we should retire terms like Alt-Right and Dissident Right which no longer makes sense in the 2020s.

NPR:

“Notably, among the most galvanizing statements for Republicans were beliefs that:

immigrants in the country illegally should be deported (84% agreed),

discrimination against white people has become just as big a problem as discrimination against Black Americans and other minority groups (77%) and 

America is too politically correct (77%). …”