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What Drives Political Violence in America

What Drives Political Violence in America

The Daily vor 4 Monaten

Has the country entered a new, dangerous phase of political violence?

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In the midst of a cascade of violent acts against political
figures in the United States, a few questions keep coming up —
how did we get here, and how much worse could it really get?

Robert Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago and one of
the country’s leading voices on political violence, discusses why
violence is on the rise and what it would take to stop it.

Guest: Robert Pape, a professor of political science at the
University of Chicago.

Background reading:

Is the United States in a politically violent age? This is
what the data and history say.

Here’s how to understand claims about U.S. political violence
and threats to presidents.

Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times, Kenny Holston for The New
York Times and Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

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