76 Percent of Americans Are Worried About Post-Election Violence: Poll

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "I think it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can't let that happen," Trump said in an Oct. 13 interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, in response to a question about the potential for an outbreak of election-related violence.
40% : "The use of the U.S. military to respond to political violence has become a heated topic of discussion in recent weeks after Trump said he wasn't concerned about election-related violence because, if chaos were to truly break out, the National Guard -- or even regular military units -- could step in to restore order.
21% : In an Oct. 27 interview on CNN, Vance said that when Trump spoke about using the U.S. military against the "enemy from within" he was not referring to political opponents but to extreme cases like the far-left activists who "burn down our cities," referring to the chaos that engulfed parts of the country in the summer of 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
18% : "Trump is suggesting that his fellow Americans are worse 'enemies' than foreign adversaries, and he is saying he would use the military against them," Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, said in a statement.

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