Many Voters Expect Violence After Election
Less than two weeks before Election Day, roughly half of voters expect violence when it’s over – no matter who wins the White House.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it’s likely there will be a violent reaction if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, including 26% who say such a reaction is Very Likely. However, 47% also think a violent reaction is likely if former President Donald Trump wins, including 23% who say violence is Very Likely to follow a Trump victory. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 2,956 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on October 17 and 20-21, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
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