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Half of America believes Donald Trump’s campaign exhibits fascist undertones, with only 30 percent disagreeing, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.
The sentiment isn’t contained to Democrats.
Forty-five percent of independents also say Trump’s campaign has echoes of fascism, as do a full 28 percent of Republicans.
About half the country believes Trump encourages violence at his campaign events, with just 34 percent saying he doesn’t. The rest aren’t sure.
That level of agreement on such a politically charged question is itself unusual.
Only 23 percent of Republicans, though, say Trump is largely responsible, with barely one-quarter believing that he encourages violence.
Republicans place even less blame on Trump’s supporters, as just 18 percent say they bear a lot of responsibility. In contrast, half place that level of blame on “the mainstream media.”
Republicans are also less amenable toward protesting in general. They’re 20 points less likely than Democrats to say it’s acceptable for protesters to turn up at candidates’ rallies.
27 percent of Republicans say it’s acceptable to “rough up” protesters at political events.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-events-violence_us_56ec383ee4b084c672201de4