Large majorities of American voters say political discord and violence are on the rise after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the controversial pulling of late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel’s show, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

About 79% of those surveyed agreed that the U.S. is in a “political crisis” while 71% say political violence is a big problem, a figure that is up sharply from the 54% who said so in a similar survey in June before the Kirk murder, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

A 54% majority also took the bleak view that politically inspired violence is likely to increase in coming years, with just 14% believing it will decrease.

“The Kirk assassination lays bare raw, bipartisan concerns about where the country is headed,” said

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