A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that a clear majority of respondents believe political violence in the U.S. is increasing.

The poll, released Thursday, found that 85 percent of respondents believe that politically motivated violence is on the rise, including 86 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents and 85 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents.

The survey found a clear partisan divide, though. While 77 percent of surveyed Republicans said that left-wing extremism is a major problem, 27 percent said the same about right-wing extremism. Among Democrats, 76 percent said that right-wing extremism is a major problem, while 32 percent say left-wing extremism is a major problem.

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