Americans brace for more election-related violence

A newly published survey by the nonpartisan World Justice Project reveals that election denialism and violent feelings among Americans are more widespread than initially thought.

Forty-six percent of Republicans and 27% of Democrats said they would refuse to accept any election result unless their candidate wins. That’s disconcerting, but it’s easy to write off that finding as pre-election frustration—the same way thousands of people swear they’ll move to Canada if their candidate loses. 

But dig into those numbers and there are some terrifying numbers to be crunched.