If many fear violence after the American presidential elections, because of the violence of the campaign, Yannick Mireur and Marie-Cécile Naves, specialists of the United States, recall on Europe 1 that a majority of Americans are not militants and are mainly interested in concrete problems such as employment. 

At the end of an electoral campaign marked by the permanent aggressiveness of Donald Trump, and while the social climate is electric across the Atlantic, many observers, as well as economic circles, fear that a close result of the American presidential elections and a Prolonged uncertainty could trigger riots and violence, especially from supporters of the outgoing president.

But on Europe 1, several specialists point out that if risks exist, the majority of Americans do not find themselves in the violent polarization of the debates. 

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"There will be overflows," warns Marie-Cécile Naves, director of research at IRIS, recalling that "all the big cities are barricaded" before the polling stations close.

But, she adds, these clashes will be "undoubtedly punctual", and "we are not going to go towards general chaos". 

Because, recalls this specialist, many Americans do not experience this election with the same intensity as the media and observers, or even as the activists of each camp.

“All of America is not galvanized,” she explains.

Thus, "the clashes that can be seen in the streets do not concern all Americans" and "a lot of people do not vote, are not interested in politics".

Moreover, if the participation promises to be strong, "there will still be at least 30 or 40% of abstention", still assures Marie-Cécile Naves. 

"A silent majority that doesn't care"

Yannick Mireur, political scientist and specialist in the United States, shares this analysis.

"There is a huge gap between what we, the specialists, observe and the vast silent majority who don't care, and look at their job problem, social security, etc". 

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According to this researcher, "if the fault lines that we observe today around cultural questions are real, they could relatively fade in a post-Trump recomposition around economic and social questions, as well as those of the role of the 'State and market'.