Americans Believe Harsh Political Rhetoric Is Fueling Violence, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Some 31% said the country's approach to political discourse was giving "a little" boost to violence and the rest saw no impact or didn't answer the question.
36% : The three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, revealed a nation unnerved by partisan divisions and worried over a spike in political violence that has also included the June slayings of a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband.
31% : Republican President Donald Trump, himself the target of two assassination attempts last year, has attacked political rivals over the incident, saying on Thursday that "we have radical left lunatics out there and we just have to beat the hell out of them." Kirk, whose Turning Point USA political organization helped mobilize young voters to support Trump in the 2024 presidential election, was speaking at a college campus in Utah when a sniper fatally shot him in the neck.

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