Civil War Poll: HALF Of Americans Are Expecting It

By Emanuel Eisen | Friday, 22 July 2022 07:25 PM
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Civil War Poll: HALF Of Americans Are Expecting It

Half of Americans expect to witness a second U.S. civil war within years and almost a fifth say they could one day be toting guns at a political face-off themselves, according to an alarming new study regarding the country's deepening divisions.

Researchers at University of California, Davis revealed worrying levels of "alienation", "mistrust," and an increasing tendency to turn to violence in their recently-conducted survey of 8,620 adults across the nation.

over two-thirds of respondents announced they saw a "serious threat to our democracy" and 50.1 percent agreed with the announcement that "in the next few years, there will be civil war in the U.S."

Over 40 percent stated having a "strong leade" was more significant than democracy and that "native-born white people are being replaced by immigrants" — a racist belief known as the "great replacement theory."

Researchers further revealed a growing inclination to settle political rows with violence.

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Almost a fifth of respondents announced it was possible they would be "armed with a gun" at a political flash point in the coming years, while 4 percent stated it was likely they would "shoot someone with a gun."

Garen Wintemute, a university public health expert who warns of growing gun ownership rates and led the study, announced his conclusions were "pretty grim" and "exceeded our worst expectations."

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Nonetheless, there was "ground for hope" as most respondents "rejected political violence altogether," continued Wintermute.

The study was a wake-up call for people to "recognize the threat" and respond, he continued.

The 42-page document described a "continuing alienation from and mistrust of American democratic society and its institutions."

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"Substantial minorities of the population endorse violence, including lethal violence, to obtain political objectives," it announced.

It arrives in the wake of mass shootings, including the killing in May of 10 black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, supposedly by a white gunman who wrote a screed supporting the "great replacement theory."

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Different key moments in America’s violence-tinged culture wars include the January 6 Capitol riot, Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shooting two people at an anti-racism protest in Wisconsin in August 2020 and the frequent clashes between cops and Black Lives Matter activists.

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A similar study by Tulchin Research and the Southern Poverty Law Center last month found that 44 percent of Americans announced the U.S. was headed toward another civil war.

A YouGov poll last week highlighted growing calls for a break-up of the U.S.

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A third of former president Donald Trump's fans living in Republican states said they would be "better off" if their state split and became an independent country. Further 29 percent of Trump fans announced such a secession would leave them "worse off."

Over 600,000 soldiers lost their lives throughout the American Civil War from 1861-1865, when southern states fought to break from the union and maintain their slave-driven plantation economies.

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