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Eight-in-ten Americans reject a second civil war as acceptable

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted July 14 to 24, 2025, 79% of Americans disagreed that a second civil war would be an acceptable way to resolve disagreements between Democrats and Republicans. Including 59% who strongly disagree, 16% who disagree, and 5% who somewhat disagree.

Few Americans agreed (9%), with 5% who somewhat agree, 3% who strongly agree, and 1% who agree. Another 12% were neutral.

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Topline scale

79% of Americans reject a second civil war as a way to resolve political disagreements.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A second civil war would be an acceptable way to resolve the disagreements between Democrats and Republicans.

  • Strongly disagree 58.7%
  • Disagree 15.6%
  • Neither agree or disagree 11.6%
  • Somewhat disagree 5.0%
  • Somewhat agree 4.9%
  • Strongly agree 2.7%
  • Agree 1.4%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.1%

EPOVB Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-059

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-07-14 → 2025-07-24
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.1%
Module
EPOVB Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-059

Source

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Citation

EPOVB Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-059, fielded July 14-24, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/epovb-conference-omnibus-survey-2025-059#to-what-extent-do-you-agree-or-disagree-with-the-following-statement-a-second-civil-war-would-be-an-acceptable-way-to-resolve-the-disagreements-between-democrats-and-republicans

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.