CBS News poll finds Americans say political violence unacceptable; concerned about more of it in future

There's widespread apprehension among Americans: They overwhelmingly decry political violence, saying it is unacceptable.

Yet they also think it will increase in the coming years.

Notably, Americans of all political stripes say violence is unacceptable; there's no meaningful difference between views of partisans on this. There are some differences according to age, though, with older Americans especially likely to call political violence unacceptable, and they do almost universally.

This concern is not entirely new and has even increased over recent years.

Concern over political violence also relates to a majority's pessimism that people of different political stripes can come together.

It does, however, stand in contrast to a generally positive view that most hold about people, apart