WASHINGTON – In the tumultuous political climate marked by this year's assassinations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and a Democratic legislator in Minnesota, younger adults are less worried about political violence than older adults, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are concerned about political violence directed at conservatives or liberals, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found, but anxiety about violence on either side of the political spectrum is lower among young adults.

There’s also a substantial partisan divide, with Republicans and Democrats expressing high concern about violence against their own side – and fewer saying they're worried about violence against the other side.

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