YouGov surveys find young adult Americans more likely to support political violence

SALT LAKE CITY – A week after the murder of Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University, Gov. Spencer Cox said America is “broken” in a wide-ranging interview with the Free Press.

Cox called it “outrageous” that a “not insignificant portion of our country was happy or, at least, not sad” about that alleged political assassination.

Many on both the right and left would disagree with the governor, but a recent survey by YouGov America seems to support Cox’s observations.

While most Americans across the political spectrum say that political violence is never justified, younger and more liberal Americans are more likely to disagree, according to recent YouGov polling.

YouGov pollsters have asked survey respondents about political violence multiple times since 2022 and have found t