{"id":2295172,"date":"2024-07-15T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/half-of-adults-think-political-violence-is-a-very-big-problem-poll-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:55:13","slug":"half-of-adults-think-political-violence-is-a-very-big-problem-poll-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/half-of-adults-think-political-violence-is-a-very-big-problem-poll-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of adults think political violence is a \u2018very big problem\u2019: Poll &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fhalf-of-adults-think-political-violence-is-a-very-big-problem-poll-washington-examiner%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=2295172&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 \u2063discusses a recent poll that reveals that 50% of\u2063 adults consider political violence\u2063 to be a significant problem, with 32% seeing it as somewhat \u200cof\u200d a problem. The poll was conducted following the attempted assassination of former\u2063 President Donald Trump. The survey also\u2063 shows that\u2064 concerns about political violence are consistent across party \u2063lines, but \u2064vary by age, with older adults\u2063 more likely to \u2064view it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-businesses-now-fleeing-to-florida\/\" title=\"New York Businesses Now Fleeing To Florida\">major issue<\/a>. The article also mentions historical instances of presidential\u200d assassination attempts and calls for a decrease in political tensions from \u2064both Democratic and Republican leaders.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Half of adults think political violence is a \u2018very big problem\u2019: Poll<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jack-birle\/\">Jack Birle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T09:26:17-04:00\">July 15, 2024 9:26 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1702238\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082224\/trump-im-not-supposed-to-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"attempted assassination\">attempted assassination<\/a> of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"attempted assassination\">Donald Trump<\/a> has the vast majority of adults believing that political violence is a problem, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>A YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/politics\/survey-results\/daily\/2024\/07\/14\/f66da\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a> released Sunday and conducted in the aftermath of the Saturday evening shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, showed 50% said political violence is a \u201cvery big problem,\u201d while 32% said it is \u201csomewhat of a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concerns about political violence are roughly the same along ideological lines, with 47% of Democrats, 46% of independents, and 57% of Republicans believing it is a \u201cvery big problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The greatest variation comes with age, where older adults are more likely to see political violence as a \u201cvery big problem\u201d than younger adults. Only 37% of those ages 18-29 said it is a \u201cvery big problem,\u201d compared to 42% of those ages 30-44, 55% of those ages 45-64, and 63% of those ages 65 and older.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by the U.S. Secret Service at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The last major presidential assassination attempt was 43 years ago, in 1981, when then-President Ronald Reagan was shot outside of the Washington Hilton and nearly died of his injuries. The most recent assassination of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-media-have-created-a-hilarious-problem-for-themselves-in-time-for-trumps-2024-campaign\/\" title=\"Corrupt Media Have Created A Hilarious Problem For Themselves In Time For Trump\u2019s 2024 Campaign\">major party presidential candidate<\/a> was 56 years ago, when then-Sen.\u00a0Robert F. Kennedy was killed in Los Angeles while running for the Democratic nomination for president in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in both the Democratic and Republican parties have denounced the shooting and called for the political temperature to be turned down. The 2024 presidential campaign has been one of the most hotly contested in recent history, similar to the 2016 and 2020 campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Secret Service\u2019s job in protecting Trump and other former presidents and presidential candidates has come under intense scrutiny since the Saturday shooting, and the pollster also found there is some doubt among adults about the agency\u2019s ability to do its job.<\/p>\n<p>Only 20% said they are \u201cvery confident\u201d in the Secret Service\u2019s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-seeks-to-cut-federal-funding-for-candidate-prosecutions\/\" title=\"GOP Congressman Aims to Reduce Federal Funding for Candidate Prosecutions\">protect presidential candidates<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/politics\/survey-results\/daily\/2024\/07\/14\/f66da\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"survey\">survey<\/a> conducted by YouGov on Sunday. A plurality of respondents, 45%, said they were somewhat confident, while 17% said they were not very confident and 7% said they were not at all confident in the Secret Service\u2019s ability to protect candidates.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1702238\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1702238\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll conducted after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump shows that half of adults believe political violence is a significant issue. The concerns about political violence are consistent across political ideologies, with older adults more likely to view it as a major problem. The Secret Service&#8217;s ability to protect presidential candidates has also been called into question following the shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2295173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7532,5894,12168,3699,32076],"class_list":["post-2295172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-adults","tag-politics","tag-survey","tag-violence","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}