Overview
- The Gallup-Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll found 10% of U.S. adults named politics as the greatest risk to their daily safety, up from 6% in earlier waves and far above the 1% global average.
- That U.S. share places it alongside countries such as Hungary, Serbia and others that have experienced political violence or authoritarian leadership, making the U.S. an outlier in the international sample.
- Similar proportions of Republicans, Democrats and independents cited politics as a safety threat, but respondents gave different reasons with Republicans often blaming Democrats and Democrats pointing to the Trump administration.
- Despite the rise in political fear, Americans continue to rate road accidents as their top safety concern, followed by crime and violence, showing politics has not displaced everyday hazards.
- The increase continues a pattern from prior World Risk Poll waves and signals rising public anxiety about the political climate that could shape how people take part in public life and prompt greater policy focus on political safety.