A YouGov survey found that a majority of Europeans want Kamala Harris in the White House, including some on the far right.
advertisementMost Europeans want Kamala Harris to win next week’s US election and expect violence in the US if Donald Trump loses, according to a YouGov survey.
A survey of voters in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Denmark found significant majorities favoring Harris.
The only exception was Italy, where Harris still preferred Trump but fell short of a majority (46%).
Harris has the most support in the Nordic country of Denmark, where 81% want a Democrat to become US president.
Support for Harris is understandably high among centrist and left-wing voters in Europe, reaching 90% among voters in Germany’s Greens and Denmark’s Venstre.
But in some cases, Harris is the preferred candidate of far-right voters.
While the far right in Germany, Spain, Britain and Italy chose Trump, supporters of the nationalist-populist Sweden Democrats said they preferred Harris.
In France, voters of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Union party said they wanted Harris to beat Trump 46% to 31%.
Among the far right, Germany’s Alternative for Germany party and Spain’s Vox party voted the most in favor of Trump’s election, with 50% and 54%.
Voters in Western and Southern Europe want Harris to win, but are generally unsure about her victory.
Most said Harris would beat Trump in the election, but the majority was smaller, ranging from 43% in Italy to 61% in Germany.
What happens if Trump loses?
Western Europeans expect violence to break out in the United States if Trump loses to Harris.
These fears are widespread in Denmark, where 73% think violence will “definitely” or “probably” occur if Trump is not elected US president.
In other countries surveyed, 62-67% felt the same. However, in Italy, only 47% said violence was likely to occur.
However, this is still more than the number of Italians (32%) who think violence is “unlikely”.
advertisementTheir concerns were likely sparked by the riots President Trump called for at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in 2021, claiming he had not lost to incumbent President Joe Biden.
Trump, who has pushed election fraud theories this election cycle, has since used social media to promote the idea that the Capitol rioters were patriots and political prisoners.
