Overview

• Seventy-nine percent of registered voters say the country is in a political crisis, according to a Sept. 18–21 Quinnipiac survey of 1,276 voters with a 3.3-point margin of error.
• Concern crosses party lines, with 93% of Democrats, 84% of independents, and 60% of Republicans describing a crisis.
• Seventy-one percent now call political violence a very serious issue, a 17-point jump from June’s reading.
• A 54% majority expects political violence to worsen in the next few years, and 58% say it will not be possible to cool current rhetoric.
• Pessimism extends beyond safety: 53% feel negative about the future of free speech, and President Trump (38% approve, 54% disapprove) and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (34% approve, 57% disapprove) register poor job ratings.