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   From: jimin999999@nine.net   
      
   September 14, 2025   
   Right-Wing Extremists Drive Majority of U.S. Political Violence   
      
   Both federal assessments and independent research reveal that the majority   
   of political violence in the United States is attributed to right-wing   
   individuals and groups. The Center for Strategic and International Studies   
   found that right-wing extremists were responsible for approximately 67   
   percent of extremist-related terrorist plots and attacks between 2015 and   
   2020. It is important to note that this is not the sole source of data   
   about U.S. political violence. Measuring Political Violence in the United   
   States by Ideological Alignment: Right-Wing Actors Dominate Incidents of   
   Politically Motivated Violence The Landscape of Domestic Political   
   Violence   
      
   Political violence in the U.S. refers to violent acts motivated by   
   political beliefs, ideologies, or partisan affiliations. These range from   
   hate crimes and extremist attacks to targeted assassinations and   
   large-scale terrorism. Data compiled by government agencies and research   
   institutions show that domestic extremism constitutes an enduring national   
   security concern.   
      
   Note that these acts have historically emerged from multiple ideological   
   traditions. Left-wing movements produced incidents in the 1960s and 1970s   
   involving radical groups like the Weather Underground. Right-wing violence   
   has shown greater persistence. This has been driven by white supremacists,   
   antigovernment militias, and other extremist factions.   
      
   Threat assessments from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department   
   of Homeland Security highlight that racially-motivated extremists, often   
   associated with far-right ideologies, remain the most lethal domestic   
   threat. These agencies also warn that antigovernment extremists continue   
   to represent a significant and growing source of violence nationwide.   
      
   The ideological divide in the U.S. is deeply connected to political   
   polarization. Research from the Pew Research Center shows that partisan   
   animosity has reached record levels. Both Republican and Democratic camps   
   hold unfavorable views of the other. This reinforces ideological identity   
   and hardens societal divisions across political, cultural, and religious   
   lines.   
      
   Polarization also amplifies the appeal of extremist rhetoric and fosters   
   settings where individuals are more likely to support or commit violence   
   against political opponents. Studies note that widespread disinformation,   
   incendiary political discourse, and the growth of online echo chambers   
   have further intensified the willingness of individuals to resort to   
   violence. Statistical Weight of Right-Wing Violence   
      
   While left-wing political violence has appeared sporadically in modern   
   decades, data consistently indicate that right-wing actors are responsible   
   for the majority of extremist violence. Reports by organizations such as   
   the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center show that   
   right-wing extremists dominate organized networks and lethal incidents.   
      
   Remember that both the FBI and DHS have identified racially-motivated and   
   anti-government violent extremism, often rooted in far-right or alt-right   
   and ultra-conservative ideologies, as the most persistent and lethal   
   domestic threat. Their joint assessments consistently describe right-wing   
   extremist activity as posing greater risks compared to left-wing or other   
   categories.   
      
   Moreover, a 2020 congressional report based on filings and testimonies   
   highlighted that in a dataset of 29 extremist murders in U.S. committed in   
   2018 and 2019, 26 were attributed to right-wing extremists. This report,   
   presented during oversight hearings, emphasized the dominance of   
   right-wing actors and their ideologies in recent years of lethal political   
   violence.   
      
   The Anti-Defamation League reported right-wing extremists, particularly   
   white supremacists, accounted for 85 percent of extremist-related murders   
   in the U.S. in 2021. No left-wing extremists were linked to any of the   
   murders that year. ADL has also reported that 75 percent of political   
   violence from 2013 to 2020 was committed by right-wing extremists.   
      
   Civil society tracking also shows the imbalance. The Southern Poverty Law   
   Center recorded 1225 hate and antigovernment extremist factions active in   
   2021. Most of these were classified as part of the radical right movement.   
   This figure included militias, white nationalist groups, religious   
   radicals, and sovereign citizen organizations that proliferated   
   nationwide.   
      
   Event-level datasets produced by the Armed Conflict Location and Event   
   Data Project further confirmed that right-wing groups were responsible for   
   the largest share of organized violent incidents from 2020 to 2023. ACLED   
   also explained that many violent events in the United States remain   
   unattributed or are classified as involving unidentified actors.   
   Complicating Factors and Other Nuances   
      
   However, although right-wing actors dominate the data, analysts note that   
   incidents of violence associated with left-wing or anarchist groups are   
   not absent. ACLED and congressional testimonies mention limited events   
   involving anarchist or radical environmentalist networks, but the totals   
   remain significantly smaller compared to right-wing extremist activity.   
      
   The Government Accountability Office has stressed that methodological   
   challenges complicate comparisons across datasets. Definitions of   
   extremism differ. Some incidents are counted as political violence by one   
   source but excluded by another, and many events remain unattributed during   
   investigations. Consistent long-term assessments are a continuing   
   challenge.   
      
   Note that the American political spectrum is generally described as a   
   continuum ranging from left to right. The left is associated with   
   progressive policies, social justice, and labor activism. The right   
   emphasizes conservatism, nationalism, and limited government. Radical   
   extensions of both ends sometimes transform ideological beliefs into   
   violent extremist action.   
      
   It is also worth mentioning that the political center, or the   
   center-aligned, is typically characterized by moderate stances that blend   
   policy preferences from both sides. It emphasized pragmatism and   
   compromises. However, centrists are rarely associated with extremism, as   
   most cases of politically motivated attacks originate from actors   
   positioned on ideological extremes.   
      
   Political violence in the United States is both a symptom and a further   
   driver of polarization. It reflects deepening ideological entrenchment,   
   mistrust across partisan lines, and the influence of extremist   
   subcultures. This heated, polarized environment muddies national unity and   
      
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