{
  "alt": "Dot chart in three panels, one for each cut point on the five-point answer scale for how much violence to pursue political goals is justified. In each panel the rows are all adult citizens, Democrats, adults naming neither party and Republicans, each with a 95% interval. The all-adult share is {fact:viol_any_all} at the first cut point, {fact:viol_mod_all} at the second and {fact:viol_lot_all} at the third. The Democratic and Republican dots overlap in every panel, and the neither party dot lies to their right in the first two panels. A second view removes leaners from the party groups.",
  "caption": "Shares fall from the first panel to the third, and the Democratic and Republican dots overlap in every panel, with or without leaners. In the default view the neither party row is farther right in the first two panels and has the widest intervals. Each dot is the weighted share of adult citizens who answered at or above the cut point named above the panel, and each line is a 95% interval that follows the sampling design.",
  "data": [
    {
      "conf_high": 18.8691,
      "conf_low": 15.5875,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 17.2283,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 19.6712,
      "conf_low": 14.8744,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 17.2728,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 2532,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 37.6517,
      "conf_low": 23.3724,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 30.512,
      "group": "Neither party",
      "n": 346,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 17.0862,
      "conf_low": 13.0074,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 15.0468,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 2290,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 12.1303,
      "conf_low": 9.45442,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 10.7924,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 11.6442,
      "conf_low": 8.39703,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 10.0206,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 2532,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 28.667,
      "conf_low": 14.8053,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 21.7361,
      "group": "Neither party",
      "n": 346,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 11.8657,
      "conf_low": 7.96565,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 9.91569,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 2290,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.42306,
      "conf_low": 3.6829,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.55298,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.27361,
      "conf_low": 2.97563,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.12462,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 2532,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 10.0895,
      "conf_low": 2.4806,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 6.28505,
      "group": "Neither party",
      "n": 346,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 6.16192,
      "conf_low": 3.48561,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.82377,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 2290,
      "variant": "with leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 18.8691,
      "conf_low": 15.5875,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 17.2283,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 17.2,
      "conf_low": 12.4918,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 14.8459,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 1848,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 24.6037,
      "conf_low": 18.0489,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 21.3263,
      "group": "Independents and leaners",
      "n": 1695,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 17.8312,
      "conf_low": 12.3964,
      "cut": "At least a little justified",
      "estimate": 15.1138,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 1625,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 12.1303,
      "conf_low": 9.45442,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 10.7924,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 10.7566,
      "conf_low": 7.04445,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 8.90054,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 1848,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 15.5594,
      "conf_low": 10.7322,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 13.1458,
      "group": "Independents and leaners",
      "n": 1695,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 12.5415,
      "conf_low": 7.79289,
      "cut": "A moderate amount or more",
      "estimate": 10.1672,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 1625,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.42306,
      "conf_low": 3.6829,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.55298,
      "group": "All adult citizens",
      "n": 5192,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.34189,
      "conf_low": 2.84087,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.09138,
      "group": "Democrats",
      "n": 1848,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 6.19068,
      "conf_low": 3.4194,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.80504,
      "group": "Independents and leaners",
      "n": 1695,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 6.44253,
      "conf_low": 3.3206,
      "cut": "A lot or a great deal",
      "estimate": 4.88156,
      "group": "Republicans",
      "n": 1625,
      "variant": "without leaners"
    }
  ],
  "id": "violence_levels",
  "notes": [
    "The first view counts leaners with the party they lean toward and shows adults who name neither party separately. The second view counts only strong and not very strong identifiers as Democrats or Republicans and groups the remaining adults as independents and leaners.",
    "Intervals are 95% intervals from a Taylor-series variance that uses the survey strata and primary sampling units, with the t distribution and the design degrees of freedom. A cell needs at least 100 respondents and an effective sample of 100; no plotted cell fell below that floor.",
    "Refusals, break-offs and respondents not asked are left out of each share. The paper questionnaire omitted most of these questions."
  ],
  "source": "ANES 2024 Time Series, pre-election interviews, 2024; weighted (V240107a); 95% design-based intervals",
  "spec": {
    "colors": {
      "All adult citizens": "total",
      "Democrats": "dem",
      "Independents and leaners": "ind",
      "Neither party": "ind",
      "Republicans": "rep"
    },
    "facet": "cut",
    "facetColumns": 3,
    "group": "group",
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "legend": false,
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "sort": "data",
    "x": "estimate",
    "xDomain": [
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    ],
    "xDomains": {
      "A lot or a great deal": [
        0,
        15
      ],
      "A moderate amount or more": [
        0,
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      ],
      "At least a little justified": [
        0,
        45
      ]
    },
    "xFormat": {
      "digits": 0,
      "suffix": "%"
    },
    "xLabel": "Share of the group (%)",
    "y": "group"
  },
  "subtitle": "Share of adult citizens saying violence to pursue political goals is justified at three cut points of the five-point answer scale, by party identification; pre-election 2024",
  "table": {
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      {
        "key": "variant",
        "label": "Grouping"
      },
      {
        "key": "cut",
        "label": "Cut point"
      },
      {
        "key": "group",
        "label": "Group"
      },
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        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "estimate",
        "label": "Share (%)"
      },
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        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_low",
        "label": "Lower"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
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        "label": "Upper"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "thousands": true
        },
        "key": "n",
        "label": "Respondents"
      }
    ]
  },
  "title": "Most adult citizens said violence for political goals is not at all justified, and the data show no party gap distinguishable from zero",
  "type": "dot",
  "views": [
    {
      "filter": {
        "variant": "with leaners"
      },
      "id": "with",
      "label": "With leaners"
    },
    {
      "filter": {
        "variant": "without leaners"
      },
      "id": "without",
      "label": "Without leaners"
    }
  ]
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