Fear, loathing, and support for political violence in the United States: findings from a nationally representative survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racism, hostile sexism, homonegativity, transphobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia increase risk for perpetration of interpersonal violence generally. We quantify their associations, singly and in combination, with support for and willingness to commit political violence in the United States, at a time of increased concern that such violence may become widespread.

Methods

Findings are from Wave 2 of a nationally representative longitudinal survey, conducted May 18-June 8, 2023. Weighted prevalences of the characteristics under study are estimated from levels of agreement with abbreviated versions of previously validated scales, with missing values imputed using multiple imputation by chained equations. Associations with political violence are expresse

SUBMITTER: Wintemute GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12464958 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature