Report #7: Political Violence in the United States
Before beginning this assignment, make certain that you have read “The Rise of Political Violence in the
United States” (by Rachel Kleinfeld in Journal of Democracy, Vol. 32, No. 4, October 2021, pp. 160-176) and the
New York Times piece by Spencer Bokat-Lindell (“Is Civil War Looming, or Should We Calm Down?” January
13, 2022). Links to both are provided below. Then write a brief report that contains three separate sections
that address all the points in each set of questions. Notice the expected word count for each section
(exceeding the word count will not negatively affect your grade, but please try to stay within the range).
1. Based on the article by Rachel Kleinfeld (“The Rise of Political Violence in the United States”) describe
how political violence is different today than in the past. Then, list and describe the four major factors the
author indicates as elevating the risk of election-related violence. (approximately 150-200 words)
2. According Rachel Kleinfeld (“The Rise of Political Violence in the United States”), what can be done to
defuse the threat of political violence in the U.S.? List and describe at least three that are noted.
(approximately 150-200 words)
3. Based on the piece by Spencer Bokat-Lindell (“Is Civil War Looming, or Should We Calm Down?”), what
evidence presented do you consider to be the most concerning warning sign that the U.S. might be headed
towards a civil war? What evidence presented do you consider to be the most reassuring that the U.S. is not
headed toward civil war? Be sure to justify your choices in the last two answers. Finally, what is meant by the
following: “prognostications of civil war, even when justified, can be dangerous, a kind of self-fulfilling
prophecy”? (approximately 150-200 words)
Be careful not to plagiarize. If you want to quote directly, do so using quotation marks (giving the page number
if available). But try to do this sparingly and simply use your own words in addressing the questions.
In your writing, use an analytical tone. In other words, try to answer the questions in a straightforward and
objective manner.
When you are done, save the document as a Word file or as an Adobe PDF file (it cannot be Google docs, etc.)
and upload it through Moodle (these parts are very important!). Papers not uploaded by the deadline will receive
a grade penalty.
WARNING: This is an individual assignment and you are to do your own work. Use of another person’s
words without proper citation or copying from another student’s paper is considered plagiarism. All papers are
checked and retained in a plagiarism software program to identify cheating. Any suspicion of plagiarism or
other violations of the university’s academic conduct policies are turned over to the Dean of Students.
Links to the articles:
Journal of Democracy: “The Rise of Political Violence in the United States”
New York Times: “Is Civil War Looming, or Should We Calm Down?”
NOTE: If you experience difficulty accessing the article through the link provided (the New York Times limits your number of free downloads per
month), you can access the article for no charge through the LSU Library. After logging on to MyLSU go the LSU Library’s main web page (LSU
Libraries) and search for the publication (New York Times). From there search for the article’s. If you have difficulty, reach out to the library’s
reference desk (LSU Library Virtual Help Desk – AskUs!) and they can walk you through the steps to download the article for free.
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