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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kira Lerner

12m Americans believe violence is justified to restore Trump to power

Data from April shows one in five American adults still believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
Data from April shows one in five American adults still believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

Two and a half years after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, an estimated 12 million American adults, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe violence is justified to restore Donald Trump to the White House.

Though the number of adults who believe this has declined since the insurrection, recent survey data from the University of Chicago reveal alarming and dangerous levels of support for political violence and conspiracy theories across the United States.

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