Rising Acceptance of Political Violence Promises Nothing Good for the U.S.

Increasing political violence increases nothing good for the US

By Dana R. Fisher

Since Donald Trump loaded on January 20, its second administration has Declared war on scientists and scientists. Trump Administration A few weeks inclusive Freeze Federal Funding, Shoot the top scientists During government agencies, remove Scientific dataCancellation of scientific advice panels and Much more.

In response, Standing Science Rallies were made in 32 US locations on March 7. The organizers coordinated the day of action “Defend the social, political and economic science as a public progress and as a pillar. “As the events were supported by science and support, the groups collected by participants offer disturbing evidence that public feelings are changing and what remains that Americans will need to protect American democracy.

Violence is on the growing table.

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At Washington’s science ceremony, in the DC, I directed a six-person research team to participatory surveys. Following the same Methodology I studied the resistance against the Primary Administration and its policiesTherefore, the beginnings of resistance 2.0, we heard the people and conferences that we collected in the conference of survey data. In total, 342 people completed the survey (replacing 81 percent response rate).

In many ways, people who did this event were very similar to those who participated 2017 marching for science: Females were primarily white, they were very educated and protected the democratic candidate in 2016 and Harris 2024 in 2024 – in the last presidency election.

In other ways, the participants were different: they were more civically in charge of the participants in the Science Science, the first Trump at the beginning of the first administration. The less reported contact with the elected officials, attending to town hall meetings or contacting the media to indicate a perspective than in 2017.

The current moment is also very different while the Trump Administration works to reduce federal staff Massive secretions of scientists in various agencies in the US government. As a result, the main motivation of participants in the demonstration was the federal reduction of staff and financial federal financing in 81 percent. The second most popular motivation to access the event was climate change (73 percent, 93% of participants reported in March 2017).

In addition to the usual battery of the question, in years have been asked to participatory participants, we recently started asking participants in the Protest Participatory version of a question American Values ​​Survey to measure perspectives on political violence.

The results of this last demonstration are cold and reported third-party participants on science in Washington, DC (35 percent). “Because things have come out so far because the Americans had to rescue our country to violence.” Is slightly larger than that percentage Report 15310 support for political violence when we responded in March in March Two days before Trump’s second opening in January. It is noteworthy: Seven weeks from the march of people, the percentages of Americans involved in peaceful protests and political violence.

Below, a table includes the findings of the latest exhibitions along with the data we have collected with the sample of 1,000 Americans through 1,000 Americans a week. Along with the last wave American Values ​​Survey.

To be clear, participants of protests are not represented by all democracy or even left American. However, these data clearly show that Support for political violence It is not found only among the Republicans and the supporters of the trumps. Americans involved in legally authorized authorized demonstrations believe that political violence will be necessary to save America.

Rally more match, with a giant march, he is coordinated to 5 April The coalition of left groups, indivisible, including a new group of women march and 50501. The subject of protest is described as indivisible “Stop Trump and Musk’s illegal power of millions. “Arrangers waiting for science so far do not enter the coalition, but people who care about science will not be crowded. In fact, the overrun declares that Trump and Musk’s hands keep personal data, cancer research, clean energy, libraries and more. There we will see that the opinions of those who are resisted by Trump Policies are hardened.

As we witness Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of Brian Thompson’s UnitedHealthcare, has been treated like folk heroand social media sites due to references about murder, it is important to stress stress in the ground Political violence. How to Research Documents Political violence involves political reprimand and demobilizes social movements. In other words, in addition to being a dangerous political violence, it can also do backfire.

These unintended consequences are scary. While the Trump Administration showed the war on science and scientists, the data we have collected may be willing to dedicate the war for scientists and science.

This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views indicated by the author or authors are not necessarily American scientific.