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The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 85% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is likely there will be more political violence in the next few months, including 48% who say it’s Very Likely. Just seven percent (7%) don’t think more political violence is likely. In June, after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot by a gunman, 78% thought more political violence was likely.
After an assassin aligned with radical transgender ideology killed Kirk during a university campus event in Utah, President Donald Trump said: “It’s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible.” Eighty-six percent (86%) of voters agree with that statement, including 58% who Strongly Agree. Only eight percent (8%) disagree.
Among voters who Strongly Agree with Trump’s quote about “the tragic consequences” involved in the murder of Charlie Kirk, 81% consider it Very Likely there will be more political violence in the next few months.
Ninety percent (90%) of all Likely Voters are concerned about political violence in America, including 69% who are Very Concerned.
Asked which is more to blame for incidents like the recent shooting in Utah, 46% say heated political rhetoric, while 28% think the availability of firearms is more to blame, and 19% believe mental illness is more to blame.
Fifty percent (50%) of Republicans say heated political rhetoric is more to blame for Kirk’s assassination, an opinion shared by 41% of Democrats and 48% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Democrats think the availability of firearms is more to blame, and 21% of Republicans and 23% of unaffiliated voters agree. Mental illness is blamed by 22% of Republicans, 13% of Democrats and 21% of unaffiliated voters.
Majorities of every political category – 74% of Democrats, 66% of Republicans and 67% of unaffiliated voters – are Very Concerned about political violence in America. More Democrats (53%) than Republicans (46%) or unaffiliated voters (43%) consider it Very Likely there will be more political violence in the next few months.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Republicans, 53% of Democrats and 60% of unaffiliated voters Strongly Agree with the Trump statement: “It’s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible.”
More women voters (52%) than men (44%) think it is Very Likely there will be more political violence in the next few months. A majority of voters 50 and older believe heated political rhetoric is more to blame for shooting in Utah.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of whites, 51% of black voters, and 53% of Hispanics and other minorities Strongly Agree with Trump’s quote about “the tragic consequences” involved in Kirk’s murder.
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