(ETH) – A new poll is revealing that many Americans are deeply concerned about the upcoming election results and what actions people might resort to as a consequence of the outcome. According to The YouGov poll of 1,999 registered voters, they discovered that nearly half – 47% – disagree with the idea that the election “is likely to be fair and honest.”
And that slightly more than half – 51% – won’t “generally agree on who is the legitimately elected president of the United States.” The online poll was reportedly conducted between Oct.1-2nd and has a margin of error of +/- 2.56 percentage points. Even more concerning is the fact that out of 1,505 voters, they found that up to 56% are expecting to see “an increase in violence as a result of the election.”
That question had a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points according to USA Today. This also comes as U.S. intelligence officials have warned that violent domestic extremists are posing a threat to the presidential election next month, in what officials are calling a “witch’s brew” of rising political tensions, civil unrest, and foreign disinformation campaigns.
According to the report, the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security memos are indicating that threats by domestic extremists to election-related targets will likely increase in the run-up to the Nov. 3rd election. Those warnings have remained internal for the most part however,
New Jersey’s homeland security office took the unusual and unprecedented step of making the memos public, highlighting the threat in a little-noticed report on its website last week. As all of this continues to reach a boiling point, many believe that America is on the verge of another civil war.
