According to the New America Foundation, jihadists killed 94 people inside the United States between 2005 and 2015. During that same time period, 301797 people in the US were shot dead, Politifact reports. read more
But Trump is right about at least one thing: Americans are more afraid of terrorism than they are of guns, despite the fact that guns are 3,210 times more likely to kill them. Chapman University has conducted a Survey of American Fears for more than three years. read more
Maybe even most of it. But Republican voters are reporting enough discomfort to indicate genuine fear. It’s that kind of fear that makes people think crime is going up, even when it’s going down, or that immigrants threaten national security, when researchers agree they don’t. Trump’s success, then, is a chicken-or-egg question. read more