Overview

• Seventy-six percent of adults surveyed say national divisions pose a serious threat to U.S. democracy.
• Seventy-three percent of respondents identify politically motivated violence as a major problem nationwide.
• Democrats register the highest concern at 89 percent, independents at 80 percent and Republicans at 57 percent.
• Supporters of Kamala Harris top the alarm with 92 percent seeing democracy under threat, compared with 57 percent of Donald Trump backers.
• The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll of 1,381 adults conducted June 23–25 follows a rise in attacks on public officials to 25 incidents since 2016.