A Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 16 to 17. It revealed that 17 percent of those polled believe that America would be better off if Trump had been killed in the second assassination attempt at the Trump International Golf Club on September 15.
“The desensitization of some Americans following the second assassination attempt of former President Trump is alarming. Seventeen percent (17%) of voters believe America would have been better off if former President Trump had been killed in last week’s attempted assassination,” Napolitan News Service said Wednesday. “That figure includes 28% of Democrats who say that America would have been better off if Trump had been assassinated. Another 24% of Democrats were not sure.”
Perhaps the most shocking revelation of the poll is that less than half of Democrats could decisively state that a successful assassination of Trump would not benefit the country.
“Fewer than half (48%) of Democrats could bring themselves to say that America would not be better off if the opposing party’s candidate for president had been assassinated,” Napolitan News Service said.
Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research commented on the results.
“It is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered,” Rasmussen said, according to Napolitan News Service. “I continue to believe that America’s best days are still to come. However, for years I’ve been saying that things will get worse before they get better. These numbers suggest that the phase of getting worse is clearly upon us.”
In the face of numerous attempts on Trump’s life, Democrats generally don’t believe he should receive more security.
“Despite two assassination attempts in two months, just over half of all Democrats (51%) don’t see a need to increase Trump’s security detail. Among all voters, 62% think Trump’s security should be increased and 32% disagree,” Napolitan News Service said.
Many on both the political sides believe the other party is possibly to blame, however from the Democrat perspective that involves Trump trying to assassinate himself, for some reason.
“Forty-nine percent (49%) of Democrats think it’s at least somewhat likely that Trump himself or the Trump campaign was involved with the assassination attempt, with 21% saying it was very likely. Fifty-two percent (52%) of Republicans think it’s at least somewhat likely that the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign was involved, with 28% saying it’s very likely,” Napolitan News Service said.
Survey field work was conducted by RMG Research, Inc.