The Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals that 55% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans share that opinion in a stunning sign of pessimism regarding the nation’s future.
The survey concluded that a majority of Republicans - 52% - say it’s probable that “there will be a civil war in the United States in [their] lifetime,” while half of Independents - 50% - and a plurality of Democrats - 46% - agree.
The poll, which surveyed 1,541 adults and was carried out from June 10 (the day of the first January 6 hearing) until June 13 (the day of the second hearing), discovered that Americans have largely given up on one another.
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Members of both parties picked negative phrases to describe the person across the political aisle.
Republicans, when requested to pick the phrase that best “describes most people on the other side of the political aisle from you,” a majority used “out of touch with reality” (30%), a “threat to America” (25%), “immoral” (8%) and a “threat to me personally” (4%) to describe Democrats.
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Very few opted for "well-meaning" (4%) or "not that different from me" (6%).
Democrats felt the same regarding Republicans, using phrases such as “out of touch with reality” (27%), a “threat to America” (23%), “immoral” (7%), and a “threat to me personally” (4%) to describe them.
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Very few utilized words like "well-meaning" (7%) or "not that different from me" (5%).
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Bipartisanship is reaching rancorous levels in all parts of the nation, from the halls of Congress to state legislatures to the war of words on social media.
An increase in levels in nature in an election year, yet the rancor has been ratcheted up in the post-COVID world.
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And national events continue to keep the nation divided, including the House Committee’s hearings into the investigation of the January 6 insurrection.
Just 1 in 4 - 24% - stated they watched last Thursday’s initial primetime hearing on the insurrection. Almost half - 49% - stated they did not follow the hearings.
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The Yahoo News/YouGov survey discovered that less than half of Americans -45% - stated they think that the January 6 attack “was part of a conspiracy to overturn the election.” The rest either say it was not - 35% - or that they’re unsure - 20%.
Also, only 37% of Americans believe there was a conspiracy and that “Donald Trump was at the center of [it].”
The poll found that the number of Americans who describe January 6 participants as “primarily peaceful and law-abiding” (30%) has gone up 6 points (from 24%) since December.
And the number of Americans assigning “a great deal” of blame to Trump for the January 6 attack has fallen 6 points (from 45% to 39%).
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