CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – A University of Virginia Center for Politics study of more than 2000 registered voters in the U.S. finds a large number — although not a majority — showing partisan desires overriding support for Constitutional freedom and American values. Sabato’s Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik finds a staggering majority of both Biden (70%) and Trump (68%) voters believed electing officials from the opposite party would result in lasting harm to the United States. Roughly half (52% Biden voters, 47% Trump voters) viewed those who supported the other party as threats to the American way of life. About 40% of both groups (41% Biden voters, 38% Trump voters) at least somewhat believed that the other side had become so extreme that it is acceptable to use violence to prevent them from achieving their goals.

Kondik said, “I think for a lot of people out there, the end justifies the means in terms of politics.”

“If you ask people on the left about certain policy objectives, or people on the right about certain objectives, you don’ t see all that much respect for restraints amongst many people.”

“It’s more like we’ll push the boundaries as much as we want if we can get our way.”

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