Most Americans agree the government is ‘corrupt and rigged,’ regardless of political affiliation.
Would you join your fellow Americans in the revolution?
28% of Americans are so upset with the state of the nation that they feel it will be necessary at some point to “take arms” against the government.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters, published by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics revealed that most Americans agree the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people.”
The extreme polarization in US politics and its impact on Americans’ relationships with each other is strong, according to the data.
The survey indicated Americans’ distrust in government varies depending on their political affiliations.
80% of Democrats voiced that they “generally trust elections to be conducted fairly and counted accurately,” where as only 33% of Republicans believed elections to be legitimate.
As for Independents, 51% voiced their trust in the integrity of American elections.
49% of Americans stated that they feel like a stranger in their own country.
This number varied depending on party.
69% of Republicans and 65% of Conservatives agreed with 38% of Democrats agreeing.
Of the 28% of voters who felt it might soon be necessary “to take up arms against the government,” 37% had guns in their homes, according to the data.
Of Republicans, 33% and 45% of “strong Republicans” held this belief about taking up arms. About 35% of independent voters and 20% of Democrats agreed.
“DEMOCRATS ARE BULLIES!”
Those surveyed displayed strong contention for those holding opposing views.
73% of Republican voters agreed that “Democrats are generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree,” and an almost identical percentage of Democrats (74%) expressed the same view towards Republicans.
“While we’ve documented for years the partisan polarization in the country, these poll results are perhaps the starkest evidence of the deep divisions in partisan attitudes rippling through the country,” said Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Joel Benenson.
The survey also showed that almost 50% of respondents expressed averting political talk with other people “because I don’t know where they stand”.
25% of participants described losing friends, and a similar percentage claimed to have avoided relatives and friends, due to politics.
Can you relate? Do you feel that the divisions in our country amongst citizens may lead to a civil war or revolution?
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