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35-40% of Under-50 Respondents Endorse “Assassinating a Politician Who Is Harming the Country or Our Democracy”

This is according to a Southern Poverty Law Center poll, conducted by Tulchin Research (warning: FiveThirtyEight.com gives Tulchin mediocre marks, at least as to its campaign polls). The poll was “a nationwide survey of 1,500 adults ages 18+ which was conducted via online panel,” so I expect there were likely only about 150 respondents in each of the demographic categories (such as “Younger Republican Men”) which would mean a margin of error of about 8%, so I’d be hesitant to make much of (say) Younger Republican Women seeming to support assassination more than Younger Republican Men, Younger Republican Women more than Younger Democratic Women, or Younger Democratic Men more than Younger Republican Men.

But it does seem that among the under-50-year-olds, there is about 35-40% support, with no detectable aggregate difference between Democrats (averaging 38-54%) and Republicans (37%-56%).

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