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Table 2 Relationship between expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the United States

From: Expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey

In the Next Few Years, There Will Be Civil War in the United States*

The United States Needs a Civil War to Set Things Right*

Do Not Agree

Somewhat Agree

Strongly or Very Strongly Agree

Refused

Unweighted n

Weighted % (95% CI)

Unweighted n

Weighted % (95% CI)

Unweighted n

Weighted % (95% CI)

Unweighted n

Weighted % (95% CI)

Do not agree

5990

97.2 (96.6, 97.7)

156

2.3 (1.8, 2.8)

18

0.4 (0.2, 0.7)

3

0.0 (0.0, 0.1)

Somewhat agree

1885

71.7 (69.2, 74.1)

588

23.6 (21.3, 25.9)

97

4.5 (3.2, 5.7)

6

0.2 (0.0, 0.5)

Strongly or very strongly agree

194

39.0 (33.0, 45.0)

104

21.8 (16.5, 27.1)

181

38.4 (32.3, 44.5)

1

0.8 (0.0, 2.2)

Refused

27

17.3 (9.5, 25.1)

3

1.1 (0.0, 2.5)

1

0.8 (0.0, 2.3)

131

80.8 (72.9, 88.8)

  1. *How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? 1. In the next few years, there will be civil war in the United States. 2. The United States needs a civil war to set things right. Response options were do not agree, somewhat agree, strongly agree, very strongly agree. Findings are combined for the strongly/very strongly agree responses