Large majority says 'heated rhetoric by politicians raises risk of violence % who say elected officials using heated or aggressive language to talk about certain people or groups makes violence against those groups more likely
Broad agreement on the dangers of “heated or aggressive” rhetoric by political leaders. A substantial majority (78%) says “heated or aggressive” language directed by elected officials against certain people or groups makes violence against them more likely. This view is more widely shared among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents than Republican and Republican leaners.
Large majority says 'heated rhetoric by  | politicians raises risk of violence  | % who say elected officials using heated or aggressive  | language to talk about certain people or groups makes  | violence against those groups more likely  | Total  | 78  | Re p/Lean Rep  | 61  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 91  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted April 29-May 13, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 