Gird Your Loins (But Seriously): Americans Are Worried About Election-Related Violence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : And there have been two apparent assassination attempts against Trump.
36% : The rhetoric that Trump, at least, has used on the campaign trail hasn't helped.
34% : "If there's a very close election, there are a lot of people who are feeling extremely angry or extremely threatened, and particularly if it's looking like Trump loses, he has supporters who are likely to engage in a lot of threats and intimidation and possibly some physical violence," said Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan think tank.
20% : Polls have Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, neck and neck, often either in a dead tie or within a percentage point or two of each other.

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