While the vast majority of Americans continue to reject political violence without quantification, a staggeringly large percentage of those identifying as liberals feel it can be justified and even celebrated.
A new poll conducted in the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk shows the American left is growing dangerously comfortable with the idea of political violence as a tool to achieve its goals.
While left-leaning media demand the right tone down their rhetoric, a survey conducted by YouGov shows it’s the resistance party that needs to engage in some serious introspection.
YouGov’s polling addressed the simple matter of emotions when it comes to witnessing political violence, something that has become a significant issue as the left openly celebrates Kirk’s death on gutter-feeding social media sites such as BlueSky.
A solid 34 percent of respondents identifying as either very or somewhat liberal said it is “always or usually acceptable” to be happy about the death of a political figure they disagree with. Comparatively, just 7 percent of conservatives and 7 percent of moderates believe it’s okay to be happy about such a death.
Perhaps worse than simply having dark thoughts such as those, another 42 percent of either very liberal individuals or those simply identifying as liberal believe violence can somewhat be justified. Here again, the numbers are drastically lower for those identifying as conservatives (9 percent) or moderate (9 percent).
YouGov poll finds liberals (particularly young liberals) are more likely to support political violence. pic.twitter.com/p3yFLdgoz3
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Here’s the thing – the 7 percent and 9 percent of conservatives in that poll is disgusting enough. But you’re talking about a significantly higher portion of the American left that believes political violence is perfectly cool. When it does happen, it’s okay to be happy about it.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. Liberalism is a cancer in this country. And liberalism kills.
It should also be noted that the group with the lowest percentage in both of those questions is the “very conservative” individuals (3 percent for both). A fact that crushes the narrative that right-wing extremism is the instigator of political violence.
2024 showed us all how many people would have celebrated the murder of a President.
Last week, we found out just how many people would celebrate the murder of you or me.
— Rusty (@Rusty_Weiss) September 15, 2025
As is often the case, the legacy media live in an alternate reality, exemplified by MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace, who, as my RedState colleague Brad Slager points out, claimed that the polls show the exact opposite – that conservatives believe political violence is justified.
Nicolle Wallace: Political violence is only committed by Republicans and by people who consume conservative media. pic.twitter.com/BJRRLHdK87
— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 10, 2025
Numbers are hard.
This study follows another conducted by Rutgers University’s Network Contagion Research Institute, or NCRI, back in April of 2025, which showed the left side of the political spectrum had begun embracing an “assassination culture.”
Again, the numbers proved that even an assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t lower the temperature of the incendiary rhetoric coming from the left. The study noted that acceptance of political violence had surged on the left since the nearly fatal attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Thirty-one percent of respondents in that study felt taking out Tesla CEO Elon Musk would be at least “somewhat justified,” while another 38 percent felt the same about the President. Among left-leaning respondents, those finding justification for the outright murder of Musk and Trump rose significantly – 48 and 55 percent, respectively.
This is absolutely absurd.Who thinks this is normal? https://t.co/aNHUhOzWhp
— Erik Bryant (@bryantsgtg) April 7, 2025
Musk and his companies were under constant threat of violent firebombings at the time, which Democrat politicians and their media puppets often shrugged off.
“A broader ‘assassination culture’ appears to be emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left, with expanding targets now including figures such as Donald Trump and Elon Musk,” the non-profit NCRI said in a statement at the time.
“It’s not just Luigi anymore,” founder Joel Finkelstein added. “We’re seeing an expansion: Trump, Musk, and others are now being openly discussed as legitimate targets, often cloaked in meme culture and gamified online dialogue.”
That expansion is continuing. The sick mindset helped take Kirk’s life last week.
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