8 in 10 Democrats, Republicans say opposition would destroy America if not stopped: survey

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) FILE – A person waits in line to vote in the Georgia’s primary election on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. A new poll shows 71% of voters think the future of the country is at stake when they vote in November’s midterm elections. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) Majorities of Republicans and Democrats in a new poll said that the political opposition would destroy America as we know it if it is not stopped. The NBC News poll, published on Sunday, found that 81 percent of Democratic respondents said the GOP “poses a threat that, if not stopped, will destroy America as we know it,” while 17 percent of Democrats surveyed disagreed.  Seventy-nine percent of Republican respondents said the same of Democrats, while 20 percent of Republican respondents disagreed. In addition to the findings on polarization in the U.S., 47 percent of respondents said they prefer Democrats to control Congress, while 46 percent prefer a GOP-controlled Congress. Seven percent were undecided. Fifty-seven percent of respondents, meanwhile, said this year’s midterm elections are more important than previous midterms, 37 percent of respondents said they…
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