As political violence increases, both experts and ordinary Americans are concerned that it is undermining American democracy. Political Scientists Jennifer Dresden and Liliana Mason surveyed political violence experts and found 56 percent of them believe that key democratic features such as free and fair elections, the rule of law, and freedom of expression are being harmed by the prevalence of political violence in the United States. According to recent polls, 87 percent of Americans themselves are worried about political violence and 73 percent believe that it is currently harming democracy in the United States. Studies of other countries show that
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