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Poll finds 43% of Americans believe it’s likely civil war will break out within the next 10 years

Author:     Matthew Loh
Source:     Business Insider
Publication Date:     Aug 31, 2022 | 12:03 AM
 Link: Poll finds 43% of Americans believe it’s likely civil war will break out within the next 10 years
Stephan:   Am I exaggerating about the current state of America, and the potential for civil violence? Let's deal with some actual data.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. 
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  • A new poll found that 43% of Americans believe a civil war will break out in the next 10 years.
  • It found that Republicans are more likely to agree that such a conflict will take place soon.
  • The poll of 1,500 US citizens was sampled based on surveys conducted by the US Census Bureau.

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A new poll of 1,500 American citizens found that 43% of them think it’s likely a civil war will break out over the next decade, an indicator of the growing concern about America’s political divide.

The poll conducted last week by the Economist and UK-headquartered analytics firm YouGov found that 55% of self-identified “strong” Republicans believed civil war is at least somewhat likely, while 40% of self-identified “strong” Democrats felt the same.

Meanwhile, 39% […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 12:16 am

    I do not believe that even the Trump voters would attempt a civil war, or even an uprising toward that event. No one could be that stupid, even Trumpeters.