Table 6. Justification for violence in non-political situations, by study group.
| In general, what do you think about the use of force or violence… | Republicans | Non-Republicans | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGA Republicans* | Strong Republicans | Other Republicans | ||||||
| Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| In self defense | ||||||||
| Never justified | 9 | 1.0 (0.3, 1.7) | 6 | 1.3 (0.2, 2.4) | 15 | 0.9 (0.4, 1.4) | 67 | 1.9 (1.4, 2.4) |
| Sometimes justified | 96 | 8.9 (7.0, 10.8) | 77 | 12.0 (9.3, 14.7) | 245 | 16.2 (14.1, 18.3) | 1041 | 26.6 (25.0, 28.2) |
| Usually or always justified | 1022 | 90.1 (88.1, 92.1) | 557 | 86.7 (83.8, 89.5) | 1311 | 82.9 (80.8, 85.0) | 2797 | 71.5 (69.9, 73.1) |
| To prevent someone from injuring or killing another person | ||||||||
| Never justified | 8 | 0.7 (0.2, 1.2) | 5 | 1.0 (0.1, 2.0) | 16 | 1.1 (0.5, 1.6) | 78 | 2.5 (1.9, 3.1) |
| Sometimes justified | 94 | 9.4 (7.4, 11.4) | 69 | 11.3 (8.6, 14.1) | 226 | 15.7 (13.6, 17.8) | 880 | 23.3 (21.8, 24.9) |
| Usually or always justified | 1022 | 89.9 (87.9, 92.0) | 565 | 87.6 (84.8, 90.5) | 1323 | 83.2 (81.1, 85.4) | 2935 | 74.2 (72.6, 75.8) |
| To prevent someone from injuring or killing themselves | ||||||||
| Never justified | 53 | 5.1 (3.5, 6.6) | 27 | 3.8 (2.2, 5.3) | 63 | 3.9 (2.9, 4.9) | 246 | 7.0 (6.0, 7.9) |
| Sometimes justified | 296 | 26.1 (23.3, 28.9) | 198 | 31.7 (27.8, 35.7) | 516 | 33.8 (31.2, 36.5) | 1400 | 36.9 (35.2, 38.6) |
| Usually or always justified | 777 | 68.8 (65.8, 71.8) | 413 | 64.5 (60.4, 68.5) | 988 | 62.3 (59.6, 65.0) | 2254 | 56.1 (54.3, 57.9) |
| To prevent harm or damage to property | ||||||||
| Never justified | 81 | 7.5 (5.8, 9.2) | 52 | 8.3 (5.9, 10.7) | 160 | 10.0 (8.4, 11.6) | 820 | 21.1 (19.6, 22.5) |
| Sometimes justified | 427 | 38.0 (34.9, 41.1) | 304 | 48.0 (43.8, 52.3) | 822 | 52.6 (49.9, 55.3) | 2083 | 53.2 (51.4, 54.9) |
| Usually or always justified | 618 | 54.5 (51.3, 57.7) | 284 | 43.6 (39.5, 47.8) | 585 | 37.4 (34.7, 40.1) | 992 | 25.7 (24.2, 27.3) |
| To win an argument | ||||||||
| Never justified | 961 | 85.1 (82.9, 87.4) | 578 | 89.5 (86.8, 92.2) | 1420 | 90.2 (88.5, 91.8) | 3505 | 88.2 (87.0, 89.4) |
| Sometimes justified | 130 | 11.6 (9.5, 13.6) | 50 | 7.9 (5.6, 10.1) | 121 | 7.8 (6.3, 9.3) | 278 | 8.3 (7.2, 9.4) |
| Usually or always justified | 34 | 3.3 (2.1, 4.5) | 12 | 2.6 (1.0, 4.3) | 27 | 2.0 (1.2, 2.9) | 119 | 3.5 (2.8, 4.2) |
| In response to an insult | ||||||||
| Never justified | 953 | 83.8 (81.3, 86.2) | 573 | 88.1 (85.2, 91.1) | 1374 | 86.4 (84.4, 88.3) | 3348 | 83.2 (81.8, 84.7) |
| Sometimes justified | 127 | 12.0 (9.8, 14.1) | 48 | 8.6 (6.1, 11.2) | 158 | 11.0 (9.2, 12.8) | 414 | 12.5 (11.3, 13.8) |
| Usually or always justified | 46 | 4.3 (3.0, 5.6) | 17 | 3.2 (1.6, 4.8) | 37 | 2.6 (1.7, 3.5) | 138 | 4.2 (3.5, 5.0) |
| To get respect | ||||||||
| Never justified | 995 | 87.8 (85.7, 90.0) | 598 | 92.3 (89.8, 94.8) | 1447 | 91.1 (89.4, 92.7) | 3506 | 88.2 (86.9, 89.4) |
| Sometimes justified | 92 | 8.2 (6.4, 10.0) | 27 | 5.2 (3.1, 7.2) | 91 | 6.5 (5.1, 7.9) | 254 | 7.7 (6.7, 8.7) |
| Usually or always justified | 40 | 4.0 (2.7, 5.3) | 14 | 2.6 (1.1, 4.0) | 30 | 2.4 (1.5, 3.3) | 143 | 4.2 (3.4, 4.9) |
* Denotes self-identified Republicans who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and agreed strongly or very strongly with the statement that “the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, and Joe Biden is an illegitimate president.”