New Facts: Reuters/Ipsos poll shows domestic terror leads

In a national poll conducted Aug. 28-31, 33% of respondents named domestic terrorism as the biggest threat to the safety of average Americans. Twenty percent named foreign terrorism, and 42% pointed to random acts of violence such as mass shootings. The survey questioned 1,167 adults online, with margins of error between three and six percentage points.

Views have flipped since mid-2013, when 21% picked domestic terrorism and 28% picked foreign terror, while 51% named random violence. Asked which ideology-driven attacks pose the greater danger today, 61% pointed to domestic extremists. Thirty-four percent pointed to threats from abroad.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources