--- title: Americans Think Terrorism Is More Likely Than Bipartisanship description: Americans think a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil is more realistic than Republicans and Democrats working together. canonical: https://time.com/4861005/terrorist-attack-bipartisanship-survey/ author: Anna Rumer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-17T15:48:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:11.543Z article:section: Politics og:title: Americans Think a Terrorist Attack Is More Likely Than Bipartisanship og:description: They're not optimistic about Republicans and Democrats working together. og:url: https://time.com/4861005/terrorist-attack-bipartisanship-survey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97c3a8e19264aba8/6988d5ed656a3f1ba0bd0da5/gettyimages-609559128.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: First Nail Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Americans Think a Terrorist Attack Is More Likely Than Bipartisanship twitter:description: They're not optimistic about Republicans and Democrats working together. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97c3a8e19264aba8/6988d5ed656a3f1ba0bd0da5/gettyimages-609559128.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Americans Think a Terrorist Attack Is More Likely Than Bipartisanship > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Thursday that he's considering "some pretty severe things" in response to the isolated nation's unprecedented launch of a missile capable of reaching the U.S.._ by [Anna Rumer](https://time.com/author/anna-rumer/) ## Anna Rumer Jul 17, 2017 3:48 PM UTC  Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., reacts to the technique of Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far left, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., participate in a First Nail Ceremony that launches the construction of the Inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol, September 21, 2016. Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., reacts to the technique of Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far left, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., participate in a First Nail Ceremony that launches the construction of the Inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol, September 21, 2016. Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc. by [Anna Rumer](https://time.com/author/anna-rumer/) ## Anna Rumer Jul 17, 2017 3:48 PM UTC Americans think a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil is more realistic than Republicans and Democrats working together, according to [a recent poll](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-17/americans-feel-good-about-the-economy-not-so-good-about-trump-j57v0var?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fterm=170717&utm%5Fcampaign=bop). According to the survey, 68% of Americans think a major terror attack on U.S. soil in the next few years is realistic, while only 21% it is realities to think that Republicans and Democrats will work together to help the American people in the same time frame. The poll also showed that the majority of Americans view a number of awful things as more realistic in the next few years than bipartisanship, including a 2008-like financial crisis (63%), North Korea launching a nuclear missile at the U.S. (55%), Russia hacking the next elections (53%) and health care legislation being passed that lowers premiums and covers more people (35%). A roughly similar number of people thought that it was realistic to think that all illegal immigration will be stopped in the next few years. The poll was conducted in July 2017 by Selzer & Co. for Bloomberg, with a sample size of 1,001 American adults. The margin of error was ±3.1 percentage points. ## Transcript Poland joins the security council at a very critical time, it's a critical time frankly for the world because you see what's going on. Not only must we secure our nations from the threat of terrorism, but we must also confront the threat from North Korea, and that's what it is, it's a threat. And we will confront it very strongly. President Duda and I call on all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. As far as North Korea is concerned, I don't know. We'll see what happens. I don't like to talk about what I have planned. But I have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about. That doesn't mean we're going to do them. 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