Could a modern-day civil war happen in the not-so United States? According to the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, the warning signs are all there.
Titled and sub-titled Our Precarious Democracy – Extreme Polarization and Alienation in Our Politics, a full 1.000 registered voters (not the more reliable “likely voters”) were polled with a somewhat questionable credibility interval of ±3.53 percent.
Also stated was “Quotas were set for gender, region, age, ethnicity, and education” as well as “Modest weighting” was cited, but as far as which demographics were given greater or lesser weight, those specifics were never cited.
Nonetheless, I personally would say that the poll is a fair generalization of the mood of the people.
Now the downside; if the numbers cited by the University of Chicago are to be believed, this nation could very well be looking at armed conflict in the not-too distant future.
Here are just a few (emphasis mine);
- …28 percent of voters, including 37 percent who have guns in their homes, agree that “it may be necessary at some point soon for citizens to take up arms against the government.” That view is held by one in three Republicans, including 45 percent of self-identified strong Republicans. Roughly one in three (35 percent) Independent voters and one in five Democrats agreed.
A majority of Americans agree that the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me,” including 73 percent of voters who describe themselves as a “strong Republican,” 71 percent who called themselves “very conservative” and 68 percent of rural voters. A bare majority (51 percent) of voters who call themselves “very liberal” also agreed. Overall, two-thirds of Republican and Independent voters agree that the government is “corrupt and rigged” against them, while Democrats are evenly split.- About three-quarters (73 percent) of voters who identify themselves as Republican agree that “Democrats are generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree.” An almost identical percentage of Democrats (74 percent) express that view of Republicans. A similarly lopsided majority of each party holds that members of the other are “generally untruthful and are pushing disinformation.”
Personally, if the liberals really want to stir the pot, I wish they’s hurry up. After all, ammunition does have an expiration date.
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