Americans far more likely to view politics as greatest threat to safety, study finds

New survey reveals one in 10 Americans identify politics as biggest risk they face in life – 10 times the global average

Americans are 10 times more likely than people elsewhere in the world to regard politics as the greatest threat to their personal safety, https://news.gallup.com/poll/712673/americans-lead-world-viewing-politics-risk-safety.aspx">according to a global survey that suggests the country’s deep partisan divisions are poisoning everyday life.

The latest https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/wrp">Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll found that one in 10 Americans identified politics as the biggest risk they face in their daily lives when asked an open-ended question.

The figure is up from 6% in both 2021 and 2023 and well above the global average of 1% across 140 countries.