Pew’s 2025 survey finds large partisan and age gaps in rating terrorism a 'major global threat,' steering support for surveillance, immigration controls, and overseas force posture. This cleavage predicts which coalitions back expansive counterterror tools versus restraint.
— Threat-salience polarization directly conditions votes on FISA, counterterror funding, border policy, and intervention debates, influencing how leaders justify security tradeoffs and civil-liberties limits.
Janakee Chavda
2025.08.19
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The Pew short read explicitly notes that Americans’ views of terrorism as a global threat differ by party and age.
Janakee Chavda
2025.08.19
80% relevant
Terrorism is a standard item in Pew’s global threats battery; the article’s highlighted splits map onto this idea’s contention that surveillance, immigration controls, and force posture debates track partisan/age threat perceptions.
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