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More than one third of U.S. adults believe violence is needed to get the country back on track, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

Thirty-seven percent of adults believe that Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track. That includes 12% who say they strongly agree with that statement.

When Marist asked this question in October, 30% believed that violence may be necessary to course-correct the country.

Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said the finding reflects the view that "the normal functioning of our government is not moving things quickly, or even in a way that's beneficial to innovation."

This is a view held by some on the left and some on the right, he added. Thirty-three percent of Democrats, 40% of Republicans and 35% of independents say Americans may have to use violence to get the country back on track, the poll found.

Beverly Gage, a Yale University historian, said there's historical precedent for that fervor for violence. It's been there from the nation's beginning.

What makes the current moment distinct, Gage said, is the "seeming popularity or resignation to the idea that violence might become necessary."

For more from the poll: https://to.pbs.org/44KESo5

Photo by Tom Brenner via Reuters

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