More than 33% of young Americans believe political violence can be justified in certain cases: poll

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A significant portion of young Americans believe there are cases when political violence is acceptable, according to a troubling survey released Monday.  More than one-third of Americans under the age of 45 agreed with the view that political violence can be justified, in certain cases, the Politico/Public First poll found.  The portion of young people who think political violence sometimes has a place in society was about 10 percentage points higher than the overall population, of which,