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Source: The Guardian
More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might soon be necessary to take up arms against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed.
This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicagos Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me.
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Of the 28% of voters who felt it might soon be necessary to take up arms against the government, 37% had guns in their homes, according to the data.
One-third of Republicans including 45% of strong Republicans hold this belief about taking up arms. 35% of independent voters, and 20% of Democrats, also agreed, the poll said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/30/poll-americans-guns-against-government