Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022-2024: findings from a nationally representative survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2022, a nationally representative longitudinal survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, but those prevalences decreased in 2023. This study examines changes in those prevalences from 2023 to 2024, an election year in the USA.

Methods

Participants were members of Ipsos KnowledgePanel. Wave 3 of the survey was conducted May 23-June 14, 2024; invitations to participate were sent to all respondents to prior waves who remained in KnowledgePanel. Outcome measures concern justification for the use of violence to advance any of 17 specified political objectives, personal willingness to engage in political violence at 4 levels of severity and against 9 target populations, and expectati

SUBMITTER: Wintemute GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748602 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature