Shock survey shows 100M adults now say CIVIL WAR will rip America apart within ... trends now
More than four-in-ten US voters say the country is likely to get ripped apart in a second civil war within five years, a shocking new survey reveals.
The Rasmussen Reports poll shows that 41 percent eye a civil conflict, compared to 49 percent who say it's not likely. Another 10 percent said they were not sure.
That amounts to 106 million US adults saying civil war is on the horizon.
The survey comes against a backdrop of mounting violence on US college campuses, where pro-Palestine protestors clash with law enforcers, conservatives, some Jewish students and others.
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More than four-in-ten US voters say the country is likely to get torn up in a second civil war within five years
It also comes as the Alex Garland's dystopian political action film Civil War remains a box office favorite, with US secessionist groups saying it offers a plausible near-term account of America's collapse into violent anarchy.
Rasmussen said the specter of civil war looms large this election year, with a divisive race pitting President Joe Biden against his predecessor Donald Trump.
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Americans now worry about a rerun of the 1861-1865 civil war, which saw 11 southern states break away over the institution of slavery, ultimately ending in their defeat after four bloody years of war.
'The possibility that America could face another civil war soon is not too far-fetched for a lot of voters,' the pollsters said about their survey.
'Such discussions got a boost after the new movie Civil War made its debut as number one at the box office last month.'
The survey of 1,105 voters late last month found that women, younger adults, and non-white Americans were more concerned about a conflict breaking out.
Republican voters were more certain that Americans would take up arms against their countrymen than did Democrats.
Fully 54 percent of GOP voters saw a civil war breaking out by 2029.
Alex Garland's dystopian political action film Civil War shows what America could look like in the not-too-distant future
A Joe Biden win in November makes the prospect of conflict more likely, voters said
Respondents were also asked whether the outcome of November's presidential election would change the odds of conflict erupting.
Fully 37 percent of respondents said a Biden victory would make a war more likely, compared to 25 percent who said that of a Trump win.
Another 30 percent said it didn't make much difference whether the Democrat or the Republican candidate won; and 8 percent said they were not sure.
The nationwide survey had an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points.
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