Sunday, 2 January 2022 (YJC)_ In a new poll of three Americans, one believes that sometimes violent action against the government is justified for citizens.
In a new poll of one in three Americans, one said that sometimes violent action against the government is justified for citizens, indicating a significant increase in this view in the United States over the years.
The Washington Post-University of Maryland poll released Saturday found that 40 percent of Republicans believe violence can be justified, compared with 23 percent among Democrats and 41 percent among independents.
Overall, 62% of respondents said violence was never justified, and 4% either had no opinion or said it was justified, but in the next question they said they did not think violence was justified.
According to the Hill news website, of those who said violence could be appropriate, 22 percent said it could be justified by the government violating or depriving people of their rights or freedoms, and 15 percent said it was military domination or the collapse of democracy.
According to the report, in general, the percentage of people who say that violence against the government is justified at times has increased in the United States in recent years.
According to the researchers, in October 2015, 23% of the population justified it, which is an increase compared to 16% in January 2011 and April 2010 and 13% in April 1995.
The Washington Post and University of Maryland polls also found that 19 percent of respondents believed the legal consequences for those who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2020 were severe, and 51 percent said they were not strict enough. Another 28 percent said the punishments were fair and 3 percent had no opinion.
The poll also showed a wide-ranging partisan divide over former President Donald Trump's responsibility for the January 6 events. Among Democrats, 92 percent said Trump was largely or significantly to blame for the attack, compared with only 27 percent of Republicans.
The poll was conducted December 17-19 with 1101 American adults with a positive or negative margin of 4%.
The new poll comes as the United States approaches the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. Since then, hundreds of people involved in the attack have been charged.
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