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

A new global survey reveals a stark divide in how people assess threats to their safety. According to the Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll, one in ten Americans now identify politics as their greatest personal threat—up from six percent in both twenty twenty-one and twenty twenty-three. That rate is ten times the global average of one percent, suggesting that America's deep partisan divisions are taking a real psychological toll on how people view their everyday safety.

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