Fox News viewers the most open to political violence, new poll shows

Among the minority of Americans who support political violence, a large percentage of that group are reliant on conservative media, particularly Fox News. Those are the findings from PRRI’s 2024 American Values Survey of over 5,000 adults from across the United States.

Overall, only 18% of Americans said they would back political violence “because things have gotten so far off track.” But among those who were pro-violence, 41% were people who trust conservative news outlets. Of those who back violence, 30% said they trust Fox News the most as a source of information.

Support for violence was highest among Republicans, with 29% in favor. Among Democrats, only 8% said they would similarly back violence.