Europeans, including far-right voters, want Harris to win, poll shows

According to a YouGov poll, most Europeans want Kamala Harris to win next week’s US elections and expect violence in the US if Donald Trump loses.

A survey of voters in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Denmark found Harris was overwhelmingly preferred.

The only exception was Italy, where Harris was still preferred over Trump but fell short of a majority at 46 percent.

Harris receives the most support from the Scandinavian country of Denmark; 81 percent want the Democrat to be president of the United States.

Support for Harris is naturally high among centrist and left-leaning voters in Europe, reaching 90% among the Greens in Germany and Venstre in Denmark.

However, in some cases, Harris is the candidate preferred by far-right voters.

Although the far right chose Trump in Germany, Spain, England and Italy, supporters of the nationalist-populist Sweden Democrats party said they preferred Harris.

Voters in France who voted for far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party said they wanted Harris to win Trump by 31% to 46%.

Among far-rightists, Germany’s Alternative for Germany party and Spain’s Vox party were the ones most in favor of Trump winning, with 50 percent and 54 percent of the votes.

Although Western and Southern European voters want Harris to win, they are generally less confident about her chances.

Many said Harris would beat Trump in the election, but with smaller majorities (from 43% in Italy to 61% in Germany).

What happens if Trump loses?

Western Europeans expect violence in the United States if Trump loses to Harris.

These fears are widespread in Denmark, with 73% of respondents saying there would “definitely” or “probably” be violence if Trump is not elected US president.

In other countries surveyed, 62-67% think the same; but outside Italy only 47% believe violence is likely.

However, this still outpaces the number of Italians who think violence is “unlikely” (32%).

Their fears likely stem from the 2021 riots Trump called at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, claiming he did not lose the election to incumbent President Joe Biden.

Trump, who has also pushed theories of election fraud this election cycle, has since used social media to promote the idea that the Capitol rioters were patriots and political prisoners.