{"id":178574,"date":"2026-01-20T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178574"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:22:19","slug":"poll-left-and-right-support-for-political-assassinations-higher-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=178574","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Left and right support for political assassinations higher than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) discovered in a recent poll that women were more likely than men to believe that political assassinations are justified. Respondents were presented with two political figures, President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Respondents were asked questions related to the justification of assassinating the two individuals. The folks who supported specific political assassinations were not among the fringe groups who would normally support assassinations. Support for targeted political assassinations appear to be higher than what most think among both sides of the political isle.<\/p>\n

From Daily Wire:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Women on both the Left and the Right were 14% to 20% more likely than men to believe the political assassination of high-profile figures could be justified, the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) found. The poll comes amid a spike in political violence marked by the assassinations of Charlie Kirk and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as well as the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.<\/p>\n

What is most surprising about the findings, according to NCRI’s co-founder Joel Finkelstein, is that those who justified political assassinations were not part of traditional high-risk groups, but people of all persuasions and demographics.<\/p>\n

“We dug into the data because this felt like it was describing a deeper moral crisis,” Finkelstein told The Daily Wire. “We assumed young men would be driving this, given unemployment, disengagement, and declining graduation rates. That’s why we explicitly examined gender. What surprised us, honestly shocked us, was that women were more likely to show tolerance for political violence.”<\/p>\n

To conduct the poll, NCRI used CloudResearch Prime Panels, from a nationally representative sample of American adults concerning political attitudes, public figures, and views on the future of the United States. Respondents were asked to rate, on a seven-point scale, “How unjustified or justified would someone be if they killed Zohran Mamdani?” and “How unjustified or justified would someone be if they killed Donald Trump?”<\/p>\n

Although women commit far fewer murders in the United States — accounting for roughly 13% of all killings over the past five years — the poll found they were more likely than men to say a political assassination could be justified. Specifically, 54.7% of women compared with 45.2% of men expressed some justification for Mamdani, while 57.1% of women expressed some justification for Trump, compared to 50.1% of men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akiva, K. (2026, January 19). Women are more likely to support political assassinations, poll shows. Daily Wire<\/i>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NCRI staff. (2025, December 19). Assassination culture: How shifting gender patterns signal a new national instability. Network Contagion Research Institute<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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