AllSides Roundtables Reports

Engage across divides, learn what Americans really think about big issues, and get insights from thousands of conversations.

AllSides Roundtables enables you to invite dozens to tens of thousands of people to have video conversations with each other in thoughtfully selected and intentionally diverse groups of 5-6 for a self-guided constructive dialogue on a topic of your choice. After the conversation, our editors use specialized in-house AI tools to analyze hundreds of hours of dialogue while protecting participant privacy and ensuring minority perspectives were not lost or overshadowed. AI tools are applied only after conversations concluded, and all findings are grounded in verifiable participant statements.

The report makes it easy and fast to reveal the thoughts and opinions of participants on any issue. It is scalable to thousands and can repeat regularly. Our conversations have been proven to reduce division and polarization – and 95% of part participants wanted to repeat the experience.

The following report details the findings of a national event on political violence held on November 6, 2025. A total of 637 participants—diverse in political ideology, age and geography—held 90 minute conversations in small groups designed to provide civil, thoughtful understanding across differences. Using a mixed-methods approach that combined large-scale, small group dialogue with pre- and post-event surveys, this study captured how Americans understand political violence, what they believe drives it, and how they think it can be prevented. 

The findings built on recent national surveys showing concern about political violence. 

• In September 2025, Pew Research Center found that 85% of Americans said politically motivated violence is increasing in the country and noted that rhetoric, polarization, and lack of understanding were main reasons for politically motivated violence. 
• The same month, YouGov found that a majority of Americans believe political violence is a very big problem in the U.S. today. 

This study added depth beyond traditional survey data by showing how Americans pose solutions when given the opportunity for structured deliberative dialogue. Rather than capturing isolated opinions, the findings revealed how definitions, drivers, and strategies for prevention emerge through deliberative discussion—often without consensus but through reasoning under disagreement. The sections that follow detail these findings, the methodology used to produce them, and the value of large-scale online deliberative groups as both a research tool and a civic intervention. 

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