{"id":1206,"date":"2025-06-18T13:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:57:37","slug":"40-of-americans-expect-civil-war-in-next-decade-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/40-of-americans-expect-civil-war-in-next-decade-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"40% of Americans expect civil war in next decade \u2013 poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

The survey reflects rising fears amid protests, deportation riots, and political violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forty percent of Americans believe a civil war in the US is “somewhat”<\/em> or “very”<\/em> likely within the next decade, a new YouGov poll released on Tuesday suggests.<\/p>\n

The poll, which surveyed 3,375 adults, underscores widespread anxiety over the nation’s deepening divisions. It also follows a wave of unrest in the country, including violent protests against federal deportations and nationwide demonstrations aimed at President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Women were more likely than men to consider civil conflict plausible, with 45% indicating it was likely. Views also varied by political affiliation: 48% of Democrats, 39% of independents, and 32% of Republicans said a civil war was at least somewhat probable. While respondents were more or less split on the likelihood of a civil war, just over 20% were unsure or declined to answer.<\/p>\n

The data also suggested racial disparities. Among white respondents, 10% said a civil war was “very likely,”<\/em> compared to 18% of black respondents. Hispanics were the least likely to completely dismiss the idea, with only 11% saying a conflict was “not likely at all,”<\/em> while 15% called it “very likely.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, riots erupted<\/a> across California in response to federal immigration enforcement actions. Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines after a public clash with California Governor Gavin Newsom over his handling of the crisis.<\/p>\n

Last week, Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot<\/a> and State Senator John Hoffman and his wife injured in what officials called “politically motivated”<\/em> attacks.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, an estimated 5 million people participated<\/a> in “No Kings”<\/em> marches across all 50 states. Organizers described the protests as a stand against “authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of our democracy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some Republican allies have warned that Trump is losing<\/a> support for deviating from his “America First”<\/em> platform, particularly after backing Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Trump dismissed the criticism in an interview with The Atlantic, saying he alone defines what “America First”<\/em> means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The survey reflects rising fears amid protests, deportation riots, and political violence Forty percent of Americans believe a civil war in the US is “somewhat” or “very” likely within the next decade, a new YouGov poll released on Tuesday suggests. The poll, which surveyed 3,375 adults, underscores widespread anxiety over the nation’s deepening divisions. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions\/1210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}