Americans see left and right violence as equal issues. The data doesn't. [View all]

“A 2021 study published in the journal Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society analyzed ideologically motivated extremist killings from 1990 to 2020. The results were clear: Only 42 incidents of politically motivated homicide, or 15.6% of all incidents, involved far-left extremists. In contrast, far-right extremists were responsible for 227 incidents—84.4% of the total.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/12/2343189/-Americans-see-left-and-right-violence-as-equal-issues-The-data-doesn-t