{"id":2212956,"date":"2024-04-04T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-fifth-of-adults-believe-violence-may-be-necessary-to-get-country-back-on-track-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:09:39","slug":"one-fifth-of-adults-believe-violence-may-be-necessary-to-get-country-back-on-track-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-fifth-of-adults-believe-violence-may-be-necessary-to-get-country-back-on-track-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 20% of adults feel violence could be needed to restore country&#8217;s path"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-fifth-of-adults-believe-violence-may-be-necessary-to-get-country-back-on-track-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a poll revealing that 20% of US adults believe \u200dviolence could be essential to realign\u200b the country. The majority reject this notion, with 6% supporting the use of violence for political\u200b purposes. For further details, click on the\u200b &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button. Your \u2062summary effectively conveys the key points of the article, highlighting the findings of the poll\u2064 regarding attitudes towards violence among US\u2062 adults. It encourages readers to delve deeper by clicking on the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; \u200cbutton\u2063 for additional\u200c information.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One-fifth of adults believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"violence\">violence<\/a> may be necessary to get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"violence\">United States<\/a> \u201cback on track,\u201d a poll found.<\/p>\n<p>The NPR\/PBS NewsHour\/Marist <a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NPR_PBS-NewsHour_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_202403291554.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a>, conducted March 25-28, found a significant number of Americans were open to violence to achieve political goals, though the large majority, 79%, rejected it. Of the 20% who agreed, 6% did so strongly.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis during riots over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Results were heavily split among political, racial, geographic, age, and income lines.<\/p>\n<p>More Democrats than Republicans strongly agreed that violence may be necessary, at 7% compared to 5%. However, a much larger percentage of Republicans, 22%, simply agreed with the premise, compared to just 5% of Democrats. Independents were more likely than Democrats to agree with the possible necessity of violence, at 18% overall.<\/p>\n<p>A much larger percentage of Democrats also strongly disagreed with the use of violence, at 65%, than Republicans, at just 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Among racial lines, black and Latino respondents were much more likely to agree or strongly agree with the possible use of political violence, at 25% and 27% respectively. In contrast, only 17% of white people agreed or strongly agreed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The greatest contrast was among age groups \u2014 42% of the 18-29 demographic agreed or strongly agreed that violence may be necessary to put the country back on track. Only 21% strongly disagreed with the prospect. In comparison, only 16% of the 60-plus demographic and 13% of the 45-59 demographic agreed or strongly agreed with the premise.<\/p>\n<p>The poll surveyed 1,305 U.S. adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll by NPR\/PBS NewsHour\/Marist revealed that 20% of adults in the United States believe violence may be necessary to restore the country&#8217;s direction. While the majority (79%) oppose this view, 6% support it to achieve political aims. 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