LT96Now97
Attempt to overturn the 2020 election / Jan. 6
The attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 attack were the clearest democracy-threatening actions in the period.
RepublicanTrump/GOP/rightHigh confidence
Political Violence and Intimidation
Far-right, anarchist-left, antisemitic, and other coercive political-violence patterns.
| Rank | Long-term | Item | Side | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96 | Attempt to overturn the 2020 election / Jan. 6 The attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 attack were the clearest democracy-threatening actions in the period. | RepublicanTrump/GOP/right | |
| 2 | 96 | Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas escalation The Kansas-Nebraska Act reopened slavery expansion by popular sovereignty and helped turn territorial politics into violence. | Cross-cuttingCongress / territorial factions / proslavery and antislavery militias | |
| 3 | 96 | Wilmington 1898 coup and local democratic overthrow The Wilmington coup used racial terror and organized force to overthrow a lawful multiracial local government. | Cross-cuttingNorth Carolina white supremacist Democrats / local press and militias | |
| 4 | 89 | Proud Boys / alt-right political-violence network The Proud Boys / alt-right violence network normalizes street intimidation, political violence, and movement defense of authoritarian politics. | Nonstate rightNonstate right | |
| 5 | 88 | Jan. 6 pardons / commutations Broad Jan. 6 clemency turns an attack on the transfer of power into forgiven movement violence. | RepublicanTrump/GOP/right | |
| 6 | 86 | Antifa / anarchist-left / black-bloc violence network Decentralized anarchist-left / black-bloc violence has contributed to public-order collapse, intimidation, property destruction, and distrust in left-aligned protest movements. | Nonstate leftNonstate left | |
| 7 | 80 | Pro-Hamas / antisemitic anti-Israel activism The subset of anti-Israel activism that praises Hamas, harasses Jews, vandalizes, or launders antisemitism into politics damages civil society and Jewish safety. | Nonstate leftNonstate left / cross-cutting |
LT96Now88
Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas escalation
The Kansas-Nebraska Act reopened slavery expansion by popular sovereignty and helped turn territorial politics into violence.
LT96Now92
Wilmington 1898 coup and local democratic overthrow
The Wilmington coup used racial terror and organized force to overthrow a lawful multiracial local government.
LT89Now84
Proud Boys / alt-right political-violence network
The Proud Boys / alt-right violence network normalizes street intimidation, political violence, and movement defense of authoritarian politics.
LT88Now87
Jan. 6 pardons / commutations
Broad Jan. 6 clemency turns an attack on the transfer of power into forgiven movement violence.
RepublicanTrump/GOP/rightHigh confidence
LT86Now80
Antifa / anarchist-left / black-bloc violence network
Decentralized anarchist-left / black-bloc violence has contributed to public-order collapse, intimidation, property destruction, and distrust in left-aligned protest movements.
LT80Now71
Pro-Hamas / antisemitic anti-Israel activism
The subset of anti-Israel activism that praises Hamas, harasses Jews, vandalizes, or launders antisemitism into politics damages civil society and Jewish safety.