A significant portion of young Americans believe there are cases when political violence is acceptable, according to a troubling survey released Monday.

More than one-third of Americans under the age of 45 agreed with the view that political violence can be justified, in certain cases, the Politico/Public First poll found.

The portion of young people who think political violence sometimes has a place in society was about 10 percentage points higher than the overall population, of which, disturbingly, 24% believe it is justified in some instances.

Politico did not release the crosstabs of the survey, but said “there was little partisan divide” in the question about condoning political violence.

Most voters, 64%, rejected political violence and indicated that it is never justified.

The survey of 2,051 US adults was conducted between Oct. 18 and Oct. 21, just over a month after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and roughly four months after the assassination of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. (Read more from “More Than 33% of Young Americans Believe Political Violence Can Be Justified in Certain Cases: Poll” HERE)

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