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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

One in five US adults condone ‘justified’ political violence, mega-survey finds

Image of the US Capitol, lit up by the light of an explosion, with a mob gathered around it
On 6 January 2021, the US Capitol was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

One in five adults in the United States, equivalent to about 50 million people, believe that political violence is justified at least in some circumstances, a new mega-survey has found.

A team of medical and public health scientists at the University of California, Davis enlisted the opinions of almost 9,000 people across the country to explore how far willingness to engage in political violence now goes.

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