How Many Americans Support Political Violence? Foreign Policy
Robert A. Pape  |  November 1, 2024

Read CPOST Director Robert Pape's contribution to "Why Electoral Violence Starts—and How It Can End," a special report in the journal Foreign Policy. Pape writes: "To understand public attitudes, the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) has conducted quarterly nationally representative surveys of support for political violence and confidence in democracy since June 2021, fielded by NORC, previously known as the National Opinion Research Center. These surveys show that political violence is supported by determined minorities on both the right and the left and at disturbingly high and stable levels."