Poll: 1 in 10 Americans say violence against government is justifiable "right now"

• The figure compares with 10% of Republican women, 9% of Democratic men and 5% of Democratic women.
• About a quarter of Americans think it is "definitely" or "probably" OK to ever "engage in violent protest against the government," the poll suggests.

What they're saying: "You know, we begin with the American Revolution against an illegitimate government and so we are, in a sense, taught from grade school that it is at some points in history justifiable to engage in violent protest," David Lazer, co-director of COVID States Project, told NPR.

Flashback: A poll by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland earlier this month found that 1 in 3 Americans believe that "violence against the government can at times be justified."

Methodology: The survey was conducted online by PureSpectrum, among a sample of 22,961 people across all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., from Dec. 22 to Jan. 24.