But, as NPR domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro explain, political violence in America rarely follows left-right politics. Instead, the data show an increase in political violence committed by people who have been influenced by a mix of different extremist ideologies. We want to take a moment to step back and talk about political violence and the increasingly familiar pattern taking shape in America. There have been many more instances of political violence, and the data have borne that out. We’re also seeing an increase in political violence from what are known as non-ideological actors, so people that are just seeking to sort of destabilize our social fabric by committing violence.