One in four Americans fear a civil war could break out following the presidential election, a new poll has found.
A YouGov poll of 1,266 registered voters has found that 84 per cent of citizens believe America is more divided today than ten years ago.
Of the bipartisan voters surveyed for The Times, 27 per cent say they fear violence is ‘very or somewhat likely’ after ballots are cast for the next president in 11 days.
Twelve per cent of respondents claimed to know someone who ‘might take up arms’ if they believed Donald Trump is ‘cheated’ of an election victory. Five per cent said they knew someone who would do the same for Kamala Harris.
The new poll follows a bombshell prediction that a psychological catastrophe could across the country if Trump beats Harris.
Twelve per cent of respondents claimed to know someone who ‘might take up arms’ if they believed Donald Trump (left, pictured Wednesday) is ‘cheated’ of an election victory. Five per cent said they knew someone who would do the same for Kamala Harris (right, also on Wednesday)
Discussion about potential conflict following the election comes after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 , 2021 (pictured)
Thirty per cent of women and 24 per cent of men from both sides of the political divide are fearful of ‘likely violence’ after the election, the survey found.
Voters believe that the upcoming bid for the White House is ‘very likely’ (6 per cent) or ‘somewhat likely’ (21 per cent) to cause a second civil war.
Analysis found that nearly the same number of Harris (28 per cent) and Trump supporters (27 per cent) believe a civil war is ‘somewhat likely’.
The survey also found that 32 per cent believe a civil war was ‘not very likely’, while 20 per cent stated it was ‘not at all likely’.
Discussion about potential conflict following the election comes after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in effort to delay the ratification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Trump has constantly promoted falsehoods about his 2020 election loss, with polls finding that up to one third of Americans believe Biden won by fraud.
The poll result comes after journalist Mark Halperin joined Tucker Carlson on his show to predict what the post-election future could look like for America.
Halperin, an author of several books about American elections and a reporter and host for Newsmax, told Carlson a Trump loss may result in psychological catastrophe across the US.
Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 election
Pro-Trump protesters scale a wall as they storm the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021
‘I think it will be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country,’ he said, adding that liberals would question their ‘connection to the nation’ and suffer ‘trauma in the workplace.’
Carlson, flabbergasted, responded: ‘Are you being serious?’
Halperin confirmed he was ‘100 per cent serious’ before making even more dire predictions of a second Trump term.
‘I think there’ll be alcoholism, broken marriages… yeah. They think he’s the worst person possible to be president,’ he said.
The former ABC, NBC and MSNBC reporter predicted violence everywhere from protests to average, everyday interactions between Americans after the election should Trump win.
‘I think there’ll be workplace fights, fights at kids’ birthday parties, I think there will be protests that will turn violent. I hope they don’t, but I think there will be some,’ Halperin said.
Halperin, an author of several books about American elections and currently a reporter for Newsmax, told Carlson it may result in a psychological catastrophe across the country if Donald Trump beats Kamala Harris
Earlier this month, Biden warned of the potential that the aftermath of the election could be violent, when asked if it would be free and fair, as well as peaceful.
He was asked whether he was confident the election would be free and fair and whether it would be peaceful.
Biden said those were ‘two separate questions.’
‘I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it’ll be peaceful,’ he responded.
Harris, when asked during her Tuesday night interview with NBC’s Hallie Jackson about the prospect that she may have to deal with some unruly voters after the election, said she has ‘teams ready to go’ after trying to dodge the question.
‘What is your plan if he does that again in two weeks?’ the anchor asked her during the one-on-one conversation with the Vice President.
Harris attempted to evade answering by claiming her current focus is on the ‘task at hand.’
‘Well, let me say this, we’ve got two weeks to go, and I’m very much grounded in the present,’ Harris responded.
President Joe Biden, pictured on October 4, has also warned the November election may not be peaceful, but said he was confident it would be free and fair. He pointed to Trump’s 2020 rhetoric, calling it ‘very dangerous’
Kamala Harris, when asked during her Tuesday night interview with NBC’s Hallie Jackson about the prospect that she may have to deal with some unruly voters after the election, said she has ‘teams ready to go’
‘We will deal with election night and the days after, as they come, and we have the resources and the expertise and the focus on that as well.’
When Jackson followed up by asking whether she had ‘teams ready to go’, Harris was forced to respond with more specificity.
‘Of course. This is a person, Donald Trump, who tried to undo the, a free and fair election, who still denies the will of the people, who incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol and 140 law enforcement officers were attacked. Some who were killed,’ she said.
‘This is a serious matter. The American people are, at this point, two weeks out, being presented with a very, very serious decision about what will be the future of our country.’