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Poll: Majority of Americans Fear Post-Election Civil War
breitbart.com ^ | 10/7/2020 | Simon Kent

Posted on 10/07/2020 9:12:37 AM PDT by rktman

A poll of a selection of U.S. voters found 56 percent of respondents said they expect to see “an increase in violence as a result of the election” amongst other reservations about the election results just weeks before Election Day.

When asked about just what sort of violence they expected to see, those polled responded with “riots,” “looting,” “burning” as some of their predictions. “Trashing of cities” was another response.

The YouGov poll was completed between October 1 – 2, 2020 and used 1,503 respondents.

It followed another poll released October 1 that found 61 percent of Americans agree with the concern the U.S. could be on the verge of another Civil War.

Additionally, 52 percent of consumers have also stockpiled food or essential goods in anticipation of social unrest tied to a resurgence of coronavirus in the coming months and/ or the election.

The responses follow a tumultuous summer of street riots across America led by left-wing political agitators.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; civilwar; cw2; cwii; prepper; preppers; shtf
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To: Fai Mao

[Our oldest daughter lives in the UK. ]


Speaking of the UK, how did the asylum for Hongkongers policy pan out in Parliament? Is it on or on the back burner? I’d expect the entire working class population of Hong Kong to leave, if eligible. My guess would be that they’re not.


61 posted on 10/07/2020 10:52:54 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: 2banana

and a Truthful Media.


62 posted on 10/07/2020 11:20:33 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
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To: freelancer2020

“Now I’m prepping like I did for Y2K...a 12 pack of Bud and a couple bags of Doritos...:)”

You’re right of course. However talking about stocking up here is no big deal, they’d have to figure out who you are.

If, and it’s a big IF for the reasons you name, there were a civil war, it won’t be blue vs. gray style. It will be bands of snot nosed kids financed by the left tearing the country down as best they can. At some point, the level of discomfort may be enough to cause a backlash. Maybe, who knows?

Or, maybe well just all slip into the grip of socialism without a fight, just a wimper.


63 posted on 10/07/2020 11:25:54 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: rktman

True, yougov.com polls are nothing but junk “science.” That said, if 54% of their respondents fear a post-election civil war, it only means that 46% of their respondents are not paying attention.


64 posted on 10/07/2020 11:35:06 AM PDT by crusher (GREEN: Globaloney for the Gullible)
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To: metmom

I Ain't Skeered!


65 posted on 10/07/2020 11:42:24 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: metmom

Been prepping for it since January 20, 1993. You could see it coming from there.


66 posted on 10/07/2020 11:54:52 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: Hardastarboard

You know, I have been too.

I was going through my ammo stock and had begun buying ammo well before I had a gun for it. I found several boxes I had squirreled away.

They are now in the gun safe with the guns with which to use them.

And I’ve also been prepping food wise. I garden much as I can and can as much as possible.

I pressure can meat when I get the chance, like this week at Hannaford’s they have beef bottom round roast for $1.99/lb. For real.

Bought some for canning later.


67 posted on 10/07/2020 11:59:27 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: Vermont Lt

You’ll need some sulfuric acid as well as lead. Also, a way to turn some of that lead into lead oxide paste. But if you are not too worried about size or efficiency, it isn’t too hard to make a lead-acid battery.


68 posted on 10/07/2020 12:06:38 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: Starboard

“The country is too big, too diverse, too centralized, too divided and now too dysfunctional to continue in its present form. The Founding Fathers had great ideas and left us a great legacy. We squandered it.”

Just quit now, why doncha?

Without the US, little countries get eaten by big countries. Turn the US into a bunch of little countries and it’s all over for everybody but the Chinese. Quitters are the people that “squandered” what ever the Founders left us.

War to the knife in defense of this nation. It’s the only answer for us and for humanity.


69 posted on 10/07/2020 12:13:30 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: Zhang Fei

It basically went nowhere. They granted asylum to a few people nothing wide spread.


70 posted on 10/07/2020 12:26:15 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: Vermont Lt
Have I got to start looking for lead ingots again? Or should I just go through the parking lot with a screw driver picking lead off of wheels?

Get a vintage car. While doing body work on a 1968 rear fender, I put a torch on a body seam and flowed several pounds of lead into a bucket, just from one seam. Back in the 1960s I toured an auto factory and watched workers slabbing hot lead on body panel joints. Old cars are full of it. They no longer use lead. When doing body work on that same car I used a lead substitute.

71 posted on 10/07/2020 12:34:51 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: TermLimits4All

I have seen primers selling for 6x cost.


72 posted on 10/07/2020 12:41:26 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: dirtboy
👍 yep!
73 posted on 10/07/2020 2:10:32 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Starboard

Step Back from the Ledge,
It’s Far from Over!


74 posted on 10/07/2020 3:50:28 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
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To: freelancer2020

“Might as well put a sign in your front yard saying “I’ve got stuff you want...come get it”. You won’t last long no matter how much of a bada** you might think you are....there are wolves out there, with military and tactical training, that will take you out in a heartbeat if they really want your “stuff”.”

Good point. Keeping your stash secret works until you start cooking up a pot of split green peas and canned ham. Your starving neighbors will notice.

Now, if you’re cooking up a pot of delicious stew in a like-minded community of 20,000 heavily armed patriots, then you won’t have a problem.


75 posted on 10/07/2020 4:12:42 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: Big Red Badger

Step Back from the Ledge,
It’s Far from Over!

*************

Its the country that is on the ledge. There are things going on today inside this nation that were once unthinkable. The system is breaking down and the Left knows that its just a matter of time until they manage to successfully rig an election. At that point its open season on our freedoms and the political and economic systems that once served us so well.

Things are going to get even uglier after the election regardless of the outcome. I would be more optimistic if we had a political party that represented us. The Republicans blow with the winds and can never be trusted.


76 posted on 10/07/2020 4:48:28 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: rktman

I assume that the DEMONcRAT Traitors who do not believe in the Second Amendment are a bit more fearful than the American Patriots who support it.


77 posted on 10/07/2020 4:56:42 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: calenel

War to the knife in defense of this nation.

**************

I hate to break it to you but there ain’t gonna be no war. Remember, it was hard to get people off the couch to even attend Tea Party rallies. Everyone had an excuse. I know because I heard them all.

Many conservatives are too comfortable, too complacent, and have too much at stake to get engaged in anything resembling conflict. They like their conveniences, comforts and easy life above all. That’s just reality.


78 posted on 10/07/2020 4:57:59 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

Tea Parties,,
Yup,I seen it first hand.
Tons of first timers until
The Bad Press and then
POOF! Gone!
We might be done,who knows.
May You live in Interesting
Times,
FRiends.


79 posted on 10/07/2020 5:41:17 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
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To: Big Red Badger

We might be done,who knows.

************

Watching Harris tonight the possibility of her becoming president scares the hell out of me. She could do immense damage to the country.

Even Newt Gingrich is very concerned so I’m not alone. ;)

Catch his interview with Tucker tonight if you get a chance. Our republic is in peril and will be turned inside out if the Left wins.


80 posted on 10/07/2020 8:44:48 PM PDT by Starboard
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